Publication

2016 - Columbia University Press

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780231172301
  • ISBN-100231172303
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015034503
  • OCLC Control Number921141351
  • Better World Books9780231172301
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBF482.S33 2016
  • LCCBF482 .S33 2016

Description

"This book demonstrates that exhaustion has always been with us, beginning in classical antiquity, and helps us critically evaluate the narratives we tell ourselves about the phenomenon. Pathologized, demonized, sexualized, and even weaponized, exhaustion unites the mind with the body and society in such a way that we attach larger questions of agency, willpower, and well-being to its symptoms. Exhausiton: A History finds in our struggle to overcome weariness a more significant effort to master ourselves."--Page [4] of cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • ExhaustionColumbia University Press2016

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