Optimising Patterns of Life Conduct: Transformations in Relations to the Self, to Others and Caring
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‚Lost in Perfection‘: Impacts of Optimisation on Culture and Psyche. Hrsg. / Vera King; Benigna Gerisch; Hartmut Rosa. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. S. 61-72.
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T1 - Optimising Patterns of Life Conduct
T2 - Transformations in Relations to the Self, to Others and Caring
AU - King, Vera
AU - Schreiber, Julia
AU - Uhlendorf, Niels
AU - Gerisch, Benigna
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This chapter present three cases from the Aporias of Perfection in the Accelerated Societies (APAS) study in which patterns of optimised life conduct were adopted, especially by individuals with fitting biographical and psychological dispositions – which themselves have consequences, insofar as they can reinforce patterns of coping and psychological tendencies. Current cultural change in self-concepts, relationship patterns and body practices' (APAS) analysed the consequences for social relationships, self-constructs and the relationship to the body of the increased pressure to optimise and the drive towards perfection in the context of intensified social structures of competition and recognition. Overexertion and exhaustion were seen, first, as the consequence of optimisation and acceleration. An adequate assessment of the limitations and negative consequences, as well as normative considerations, requires a differentiated analysis of the mediating mechanisms between social transformations and demands and individual predispositions and motivations in the context of optimisation.
AB - This chapter present three cases from the Aporias of Perfection in the Accelerated Societies (APAS) study in which patterns of optimised life conduct were adopted, especially by individuals with fitting biographical and psychological dispositions – which themselves have consequences, insofar as they can reinforce patterns of coping and psychological tendencies. Current cultural change in self-concepts, relationship patterns and body practices' (APAS) analysed the consequences for social relationships, self-constructs and the relationship to the body of the increased pressure to optimise and the drive towards perfection in the context of intensified social structures of competition and recognition. Overexertion and exhaustion were seen, first, as the consequence of optimisation and acceleration. An adequate assessment of the limitations and negative consequences, as well as normative considerations, requires a differentiated analysis of the mediating mechanisms between social transformations and demands and individual predispositions and motivations in the context of optimisation.
KW - Sociology
KW - Psychology
KW - Educational science
U2 - 10.4324/9781315179964-5
DO - 10.4324/9781315179964-5
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-1-13-889436-5
SP - 61
EP - 72
BT - ‚Lost in Perfection‘
A2 - King, Vera
A2 - Gerisch, Benigna
A2 - Rosa, Hartmut
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - London
ER -