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Lost in Perfection Impacts of Optimisation on Culture and Psyche

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Lost in Perfection Impacts of Optimisation on Culture and Psyche

By Vera King, Benigna Gerisch, Hartmut Rosa

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About the book

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 con-sidered necessary in order to keep pace with an accelerated, competitive modern-ity. 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 pub...Show more

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9781138894365

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Routledge

Published year

2019

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1

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Lost in Perfection Impacts of Optimisation on Culture and Psyche

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Hardcover

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