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Lost in Perfection. Impacts of Optimisation on Culture and Psyche
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- Nombre de pages197
- FormatGrand Format
- PrésentationRelié
- Poids0.455 kg
- Dimensions16,0 cm × 24,0 cm × 1,6 cm
- ISBN978-1-138-89436-5
- EAN9781138894365
- Date de parution01/07/2018
- CollectionClassical and Contemporary Soc
- ÉditeurRoutledge
Résumé
The permanent struggle for optimisation can be seen as one of the most significant cultural principles of contemporary Western societies : the demand for improved performance and efficiency as well as the pursuit of self-improvement are considered necessary in order to keep pace with an accelerated, competitive modernity. This affects not only work and education, but also family life, parent-child relationships and intimate relationships in respect to the body and the self, in regard to the public as well as the private realm.
Bringing together contributions from renowned scholars in the fields of sociology, psychology and psychoanalysis, this book explores the impacts of optimisation on culture and psyche, examining the contradictions and limitations of optimisation, in conjunction with the effects of social transformations on individuals and shifts in regard to the meaning of "pathology" and "normality".
Bringing together contributions from renowned scholars in the fields of sociology, psychology and psychoanalysis, this book explores the impacts of optimisation on culture and psyche, examining the contradictions and limitations of optimisation, in conjunction with the effects of social transformations on individuals and shifts in regard to the meaning of "pathology" and "normality".