Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for not being happier? You may be a victim of the wellness syndrome.
In this ground-breaking new book, Carl Cederström and André Spicer argue that the ever-present pressure to maximize our wellness has started to work against us, making us feel worse and provoking us to withdraw into our...
Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for not being happier? You may be a victim of the wellness syndrome.
In this ground-breaking new book, Carl Cederström and André Spicer argue that the ever-present pressure to maximize our wellness has started to work against us, making us feel worse and provoking us to withdraw into ourselves. The Wellness Syndrome follows health freaks who go to extremes to find the perfect diet, corporate athletes who start the day with a dance party, and the self-trackers who monitor everything, including their own toilet habits. This is a world where feeling good has become indistinguishable from being good. Visions of social change have been reduced to dreams of individual transformation, political debate has been replaced by insipid moralising, and scientific evidence has been traded for new-age delusions. A lively and humorous diagnosis of the cult of wellness, this book is an indispensable guide for everyone suspicious of our relentless quest to be happier and healthier.
Carl Cedertröm is Associate Professor at Stockholm University.
Andre Spicer is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School, City University, London.
目录
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Perfect Human
2. The Health Bazaar
3. The Happiness Doctrine
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Perfect Human
2. The Health Bazaar
3. The Happiness Doctrine
4. The Chosen Life
5. Wellness, Farewell
Conclusion
Notes
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1 有用 大魔王的快乐 2024-03-05 11:21:13 广东
作者的理念很像患病膨胀假说,都是批评,可以说是揭露了心理健康的自反性效果。
2 有用 Prunus d 2022-03-25 01:58:13
很好读的一本小书,健身狂人、饮食狂人、自我管理狂人们的背后,是一种把大问题、社会问题(比如加班、过劳)化成小问题、个人问题(健身、休息)的新自由主义思维。这俩人写得特别 high,同情中间被黑成碳的 Jamie Oliver……
0 有用 triangle 2023-12-31 08:46:45 美国
给我开了一片天
0 有用 momo 2024-02-06 20:13:21 湖北
阅读本书有助于打开思路,对我个人而言最有价值的是“极端自控的愿望往往会导致过度的自责”这一观点。然而一旦拿这本书的观点深究起生活的方方面面来,又会产生“不知道如何生活才好”的无凑感。可能因为俺已经被新自由主义荼毒到晚期没救的程度了吧:P
0 有用 アキ吖 2026-01-19 16:56:16 云南
完了,不知道应该是要健康还是不健康了QAQ我去上普拉提是不是也是被洗脑了