Schaffner, Anna Katharina
Exhaustion: A History
- ISBN 13:
- 9780231172318
- author:
- Schaffner, Anna Katharina
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Exhaustion A History by Anna K. Schaffner explores how exhaustion has been perceived and understood throughout history, challenging common narratives about this phenomenon. From ancient times to the present day, medical, cultural, literary, and biographical sources have offered various explanations for exhaustion, ranging from biochemical imbalances to spiritual failures. This book maps these complex currents across centuries of human development, revealing how exhaustion has been linked to loss, social and economic disruption, and even the alignment of the planets. By examining the ways in which exhaustion has been pathologized, demonized, and sexualized over time, Schaffner sheds new light on our struggle with weariness and its connections to agency, willpower, and well-being.
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