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Lädt ... Not Working: Why We Have to Stopvon Josh Cohen
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"In Not working, psychoanalyst Josh Cohen explores the paradox that inactivity is both a source of lethargy and indifference and a condition of imaginative freedom and creativity. He considers four of its faces - the burnout, the slob, the daydreamer and the slacker - alongside the lives of four creative figures associated with these forms of inertia: Andy Warhol, Orson Welles, Emily Dickinson and David Foster Wallace, arguing that a good life requires freedom from the demand to be perpetually active. Drawing on his personal experiences and on stories from his consulting room, Cohen gets to the heart of the apathy so many of us feel when faced with the demands of contemporary life and asks: how might we live a different and more fulfilled existence?"--Inside front dust jacket. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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From his position as a psychoanalyst, Cohen looks at the four faces of inertia - the burnout, the slob, the daydreamer and the slacker. Using these generic themes he looks at four people, Andy Warhol, Orson Welles, Emily Dickinson and David Foster Wallace, who have shown strong signs of these types of inactivity. From these specific profiles, he poses the questions on how we might live a different and more contented life in the modern world.
There were several parts of this that I liked, in particular, the mini-biographies of the four people he uses to expand on the points he was making. However, I did find that he asked a lot of questions, but it felt like the answers were a little lacking as to how we set about unwinding our own personal addictions to the workplace. It would have been good to have methods to mitigate the effects that overwork has on our health and society. It did make for an interesting read though. 2.5 stars ( )