Global Burnout

<p>Available for the first time in English and freshly adapted as the acclaimed documentary <i>Burning Out</i> Pascal Chabot's polemic treatise - <i>Global Burnout</i> - takes the phenomenon we call burnout as not just an individual problem that affects a few exhausted people but rather 'a disease of civilization' connected to concepts of progress technology and desire which are the hallmarks of this era of experimentation. <p/>First analysing the archaeology of the concept Chabot distinguishes three main types of burnout: the first specific to professions who help others appears to be the exhaustion of their humanism; the second a trouble of adaptation and perfectionism; and the third which is a consequence of the struggle for recognition. The philosophical implications of each of these three states is identified allowing Chabot to buck the trend towards a negative nearly fatalistic outlook something not surprising considering the intrinsic gravity of the subject matter. An excellent story teller as well as an adequate elaborater of complex theories Chabot's <i>Global Burnout </i>presents an introduction to the topic and therapy for the modern reader.</p>