Exhaustion: A History | New from Columbia University Press

Are We the Most Tired, Depressed, Depleted Society in Centuries -- Or Just Obsessed with a  Fundamental Condition of Life? MORE BOOKS IN PSYCHOLOGY MORE BOOKS IN HISTORY MORE BOOKS IN LITERARY STUDIES Exhaustion A History Anna Katharina Schaffner "Exhaustion is fluently written and brilliantly argued, and it will provoke thoughtful minds with the suggestion that exhaustion has a history."-Edward Shorter, author of How Everyone Became Depressed: The Rise and Fall of the Nervous Breakdown Today our fatigue feels chronic; our anxieties, amplified. Proliferating technologies command our attention. Many people complain of burnout, and economic instability and the threat of ecological catastrophe fill us with dread. We look to the past, imagining life to have once been simpler and slower, but extreme mental and physical stress is not a modern syndrome. Beginning in classical antiquity, this book demonstrates how exhaustion has always been with us and helps us evaluate more critically the narratives we tell ourselves about the phenomenon. Read more * Read the introduction * Read our interview with Anna Katharina Schaffner * Read Anna Katharina Schaffner's post On Exhaustion and Human Energy   $30.00 $21.00 | Hardcover | 304 pages | £22.00*   SAVE 30% WITH COUPON CODE "EMAIL" *Customers in UK, Europe, and Middle East please contact customer@wiley.com   STAY CONNECTED

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