Roland Paulsen

Gebundenes Buch

Why We Worry

A Sociological Explanation

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Roland Paulsen is an 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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9781032847795
• ISBN-10: 1032847794
• Artikelnr.: 70943182

Rezensionen

"Paulsen's book is a fascinating and penetrating analysis of our late-modern anxieties when we are confronted with the basic uncontrollability of the world - and a passionate plea for regaining a robust trust in life that does not depend on control and domination."

Hartmut Rosa, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany