Why We Worry

A Sociological Explanation

Roland Paulsen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

246 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-84779-5 (ISBN)

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Something must have changed in society. We weren’t always this worried. Not always caught up in disastrous scenarios in our minds. What is this nagging voice in our head? Why won’t it stop, and why are we so fixated on it?

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.

This book offers empirically grounded insights into the sociological underpinnings of issues relating to worry. As such, it is suitable for undergraduate students in psychology, sociology, and medicine – and anyone who has ever been trapped in rumination.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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).

1. A Window onto Our Thoughts

PART 1. WORRY IN OUR TIME

2. How We Feel

3. The Nature of Worry

4. In Thought’s Clutches

PART 2. TRICKLES OF HISTORY

5. Time Horizons

6. Disenchantments

7. An Appendage of the Machine

8. The World as Risk

9. The Self as Risk

10. Self-Suspicions

PART 3. ACTION IN OUR TIME

11. Quieting Worry

12. Living with Worry

13. Beyond Treatment

Erscheinungsdatum	18.10.2024
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-032-84779-4 / 1032847794
ISBN-13	978-1-032-84779-5 / 9781032847795
Zustand	Neuware