Why We Worry - A Sociological Explanation

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Roland Paulsen, Roland (Lund University Paulsen, Paulsen Roland
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032847795
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284779-5
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Psychotherapy, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias