Erschöpfungsgeschichten

Kehrseiten und Kontrapunkte der Moderne

Edited by Julian Osthues Edited by Jan Gerstner

Book cover: Erschöpfungsgeschichten

Extent: 261 pages

Publisher: Brill | Fink

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: vita activa

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(May 2021)

ISBN: 9783770564477

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $87.00

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Exhaustion is a current diagnosis of present times. The main thesis of the book is that the emergence of the modern work and performance society is accompanied by counter-histories: the stories of exhaustion. The contributions in the volume attempt to read modernity as a history of exhaustion. The focus is not only on the relationship between exhaustion, capital and work, but also on pathologies associated with exhaustion (burnout, depression).

Jan Gerstner ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität Bremen. Er promovierte mit der Arbeit „Das andere Gedächtnis. Fotografie in der Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts”.
Julian Osthues war wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität Bremen und Junior-Fellow am Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HwK) Delmenhorst.

  • Edited by Julian Osthues
  • Edited by Jan Gerstner