The Wellness Syndrome
The Wellness Syndrome by Carl Cederström, published by Wiley on February 23, 2015, is a thought-provoking exploration of the pressures surrounding personal wellness. This 200-page book examines how the relentless pursuit of health and happiness can lead to negative outcomes, suggesting that the societal obsession with wellness may ultimately harm our well-being. Cederström and co-author André Spicer delve into various aspects of this phenomenon, highlighting the extremes individuals go to in their quest for the perfect lifestyle.
Readers will encounter a critical analysis of the wellness culture, featuring examples such as health enthusiasts, corporate wellness initiatives, and self-trackers who meticulously monitor their habits. The authors argue that the focus on individual transformation has overshadowed broader social change, leading to a culture where personal fulfillment is often conflated with moral worth. This edition, written in English, invites readers to reflect on the implications of the wellness syndrome and its impact on contemporary life.
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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 Cederström and André 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 Visions of social change have been reduced to dreams of individual transformation, political debate has been replaced by insipid moralising, and scientific evidence has been traded for new-age delusions.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.
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