The Weariness Of The Self by Alain Ehrenberg
Depression and Society
A historical and sociological analysis that explains rising rates of depression in contemporary France as a product of cultural and institutional change: the shift from collective norms and disciplinary authority to expectations of individual autonomy and constant self-management. Using clinical cases, medical literature and social theory, it shows how therapeutic discourse, psychiatry and economic pressures recast suffering as a failure of the self—an inability to perform, achieve, and maintain self-esteem—so that depression becomes both a medical condition and an expression of modern cultural demands.
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- Published
- 1998
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-300 pages
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
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- La fatigue d'être soi
- La fatigue d'être soi: Dépression et société
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