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Introduction
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
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I Burnout Culture
- 1 Everyone Is Burned Out, But No One Knows What That Means 19
- 2. Burnout: The First 2,000 Years 37
- 3 The Burnout Spectrum 64
- 4 How Jobs Have Gotten Worse in the Age of Burnout 86
- 5. Work Saints and Work Martyrs: The Problem with Our Ideals 113
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II Counterculture
- 6. We Can Have It All: A New Vision of the Good Life 141
- 7 How Benedictines Tame the Demons of Work 165
- 8 Varieties of Anti-Burnout Experience 191
- Conclusion: Nonessential Work in a Post-Pandemic World 218
- Notes 231
- Index 263
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
-
I Burnout Culture
- 1 Everyone Is Burned Out, But No One Knows What That Means 19
- 2. Burnout: The First 2,000 Years 37
- 3 The Burnout Spectrum 64
- 4 How Jobs Have Gotten Worse in the Age of Burnout 86
- 5. Work Saints and Work Martyrs: The Problem with Our Ideals 113
-
II Counterculture
- 6. We Can Have It All: A New Vision of the Good Life 141
- 7 How Benedictines Tame the Demons of Work 165
- 8 Varieties of Anti-Burnout Experience 191
- Conclusion: Nonessential Work in a Post-Pandemic World 218
- Notes 231
- Index 263