In Why We Worry, Roland Paulsen paints a broad picture of the cultural variations and historical evolution of anxiety. Through this lens, he invites readers to explore the paradox of how material wealth has enriched our lives in every aspect except one: our mental well-being.
In Why We Worry, Roland Paulsen paints a broad picture of the cultural variations and historical evolution of anxiety. Through this lens, he invites readers to explore the paradox of how material wealth has enriched our lives in every aspect except one: our mental well-being.
Roland Paulsen is Associate Professor of Sociology at Lund University. His research focuses on medical sociology, cultural studies, and the sociology of work. The meaning of work, and also the meaninglessness of work, are the subjects of two of his books: Empty Labor: Idleness and Workplace Resistance (2014) and Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say (with Mats Alvesson and Yiannis Gabriel, 2017).
Inhaltsangabe
1. A Window onto Our Thoughts PART 1. WORRY IN OUR TIME 2. How We Feel 3. The Nature of Worry 4. In Thought's Clutches PART 2. TRICKLES OF HISTORY 5. Time Horizons 6. Disenchantments 7. An Appendage of the Machine 8. The World as Risk 9. The Self as Risk 10. Self-Suspicions PART 3. ACTION IN OUR TIME 11. Quieting Worry 12. Living with Worry 13. Beyond Treatment
1. A Window onto Our Thoughts PART 1. WORRY IN OUR TIME 2. How We Feel 3. The Nature of Worry 4. In Thought's Clutches PART 2. TRICKLES OF HISTORY 5. Time Horizons 6. Disenchantments 7. An Appendage of the Machine 8. The World as Risk 9. The Self as Risk 10. Self-Suspicions PART 3. ACTION IN OUR TIME 11. Quieting Worry 12. Living with Worry 13. Beyond Treatment
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