by Andre Spicer (Author), Carl Cederstrom (Author), Carl Cederstrom (Author), Andre Spicer (Author)
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 Cederstroem and Andre 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 Visions of social change have been reduced to dreams of individual transformation, political debate has been replaced by insipid moralising, and scientific evidence has been traded for new-age delusions.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.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 174
Edition: 1
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 09 Jan 2015
ISBN 10: 0745655602
ISBN 13: 9780745655604
Carl Cedertroem is Associate Professor at Stockholm University
Andre Spicer is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School, City University, London