{"product_id":"work-lars-fredrik-svendsen-9781138194083","title":"Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.\"\u003ci\u003e - Bertrand Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork is one of the most universal features of human life; virtually everybody spends some part of their life at work. It is often associated with tedium and boredom, in conflict with the things we would otherwise love to do. The idea of work primarily as a burden was also shared by the philosophers in ancient Greece, who generally regarded work as a curse. And yet research shows that it prolongs life and is generally good for people's physical and mental health. Why is this? What is the meaning of work? To what extent does it determine our social identity? Should we expect to find work fulfilling?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Lars Svendsen explores these questions and more. He argues that we need to complete this reorientation of our feelings about work and collapse the differences between leisure and work. Work is always with us. But to overcome the sense of being burnt out, we must think of work as not only productive but recreative - in other words, a lot more like leisure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevised and updated in light of the global financial crisis, this second edition also includes a new chapter on work and globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lars Fredrik Svendsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138194085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138194083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Lars Fredrik Svendsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43924184695039,"sku":"9781138194083","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_99bff317-d6dd-4ede-89e2-f9270e4475e2.jpg?v=1681068970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/work-lars-fredrik-svendsen-9781138194083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}