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Human Beings, Not Human Doings: Socializing Mental Health and Wellbeing in a Neoliberal Age- [electronic resource]
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Human Beings, Not Human Doings: Socializing Mental Health and Wellbeing in a Neoliberal Age- [electronic resource]

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최종처리일시  
20240214101653
ISBN  
9798380106658
DDC  
301
저자명  
Letak, Abigail M.
서명/저자  
Human Beings, Not Human Doings: Socializing Mental Health and Wellbeing in a Neoliberal Age - [electronic resource]
발행사항  
[S.l.]: : The University of Wisconsin - Madison., 2023
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,, 2023
형태사항  
1 online resource(163 p.)
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-02, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Bell, Michael M.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2023.
사용제한주기  
This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
초록/해제  
요약This dissertation uses Mills' (1959) "sociological imagination" to socialize mental health and wellbeing, emphasizing the ways in which much of our stress and distress have both social roots and solutions. We cannot will our way to wellbeing in isolation. We must examine the ways our daily experiences around mental health and wellbeing are connected, reflecting the fundamental ways our selves are social and our being is relational. Using a three-paper model dissertation, I explore the connections between individual and social experiences of mental health and wellbeing in our neoliberal age.Using autoethnography, the first paper (Chapter 2), introduces the concept of "productivity anxiety," which I define as the significant stress (and distress) resulting from a constant pressure to be working hard, producing results, and advancing toward life goals. Looming large in my own life, productivity anxiety reflects the cultural imperatives of Weber's (1905) Protestant work ethic. Historically, anxiety fueled this work ethic; it now results from it as well, as we wrestle with the ramifications of a cultural system of value built on human instrumentality. But productivity anxiety isn't just my problem-it's our problem-resulting from shared social and cultural origins. I situate my own diagnosis with chronic fatigue within my experiences with productivity anxiety, explaining how my disability has reshaped my attitudes towards productivity and work. Even rest itself has become a site for productivity anxiety, and failing to practice enough self-care has become a sign of failure. Productivity is not inherently bad, as work gives much meaning to our lives; productivity divorced from relationality, however, leaves us to suffer in isolation. I aim for this autoethnography to be generative of both connection and conversation, allowing us to share experiences and appreciate the sociocultural causes of productivity woes given harsh cultural realities.A common way people navigate such realities and productivity anxiety is through self-care. In the second paper (Chapter 3), I use twenty-seven interviews with feminists to understand television viewing as it relates to self-care in the months immediately following the presidential election of Donald Trump in 2016. Contributing to the phenomenological understandings of everyday lived behavior and quotidian consumption of social movement participants, I discuss how these feminists navigate a television landscape often at odds with their sociopolitical values. I identify three interrelated tensions: (1) tension between holding feminist values and watching shows that may contradict those values; (2) tension between self-care and trying to be "woke" all the time; and (3) tension between the dismissal of television as trivial and the understanding of political economic implications of viewership in the age of streaming. In navigating a culture as is rather than as desired, these feminists use self-care as a vocabulary of motive (Mills 1940) for potentially problematic viewing behavior, raising important questions about the intersection of social movements, the self, and self-care in a neoliberal, capitalist society.In the final paper (Chapter 4), I discuss how the practice of self-care in its popularized and neoliberal form de-emphasizes social connection, instead centering hyper-individualization and commodification. Guided by the social psychological concept of the "social self" (Cooley 1902; Mead 1913, 1934), we must reconceptualize self-care as social self-care. Neoliberal ideology has shaped the way we have come to see the "self," "care," and "self-care," placing responsibility (and blame) at the individual level. A reconceptualization of neoliberal self-care to social self-care, as fundamentally social and relational, will be significant not only for the daily lived experience of self-care but for broader understandings of wellness and wellbeing in the twenty-first century.Together, the three papers wrestle with human being-as fundamentally social and relational-in a world that cares mostly for human doing. And human being involves limitations; we must navigate the limits of our own physical, mental, and emotional energy in an often harsh and hostile world. More and more of us are facing the stress and distress of productivity anxiety, and it really is hard to be "woke" all the time. Through the connection and relationality of social self-care, we have the potential to care not only for ourselves, but for each other and our world.
일반주제명  
Sociology.
일반주제명  
Mental health.
일반주제명  
Social studies education.
일반주제명  
Social psychology.
키워드  
Feminism
키워드  
Neoliberalism
키워드  
Productivity anxiety
키워드  
Self-care
키워드  
Sociological imagination
기타저자  
The University of Wisconsin - Madison Sociology - LS
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-02B.
기본자료저록  
Dissertation Abstract International
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■520    ▼aThis  dissertation  uses  Mills'  (1959)  "sociological  imagination"  to  socialize  mental  health  and  wellbeing,  emphasizing  the  ways  in  which  much  of  our  stress  and  distress  have  both  social  roots  and  solutions.  We  cannot  will  our  way  to  wellbeing  in  isolation.  We  must  examine  the  ways  our  daily  experiences  around  mental  health  and  wellbeing  are  connected,  reflecting  the  fundamental  ways  our  selves  are  social  and  our  being  is  relational.  Using  a  three-paper  model  dissertation,  I  explore  the  connections  between  individual  and  social  experiences  of  mental  health  and  wellbeing  in  our  neoliberal  age.Using  autoethnography,  the  first  paper  (Chapter  2),  introduces  the  concept  of  "productivity  anxiety,"  which  I  define  as  the  significant  stress  (and  distress)  resulting  from  a  constant  pressure  to  be  working  hard,  producing  results,  and  advancing  toward  life  goals.  Looming  large  in  my  own  life,  productivity  anxiety  reflects  the  cultural  imperatives  of  Weber's  (1905)  Protestant  work  ethic.  Historically,  anxiety  fueled  this  work  ethic;  it  now  results  from  it  as  well,  as  we  wrestle  with  the  ramifications  of  a  cultural  system  of  value  built  on  human  instrumentality.  But  productivity  anxiety  isn't  just  my  problem-it's  our  problem-resulting  from  shared  social  and  cultural  origins.  I  situate  my  own  diagnosis  with  chronic  fatigue  within  my  experiences  with  productivity  anxiety,  explaining  how  my  disability  has  reshaped  my  attitudes  towards  productivity  and  work.  Even  rest  itself  has  become  a  site  for  productivity  anxiety,  and  failing  to  practice  enough  self-care  has  become  a  sign  of  failure.  Productivity  is  not  inherently  bad,  as  work  gives  much  meaning  to  our  lives;  productivity  divorced  from  relationality,  however,  leaves  us  to  suffer  in  isolation.  I  aim  for  this  autoethnography  to  be  generative  of  both  connection  and  conversation,  allowing  us  to  share  experiences  and  appreciate  the  sociocultural  causes  of  productivity  woes  given  harsh  cultural  realities.A  common  way  people  navigate  such  realities  and  productivity  anxiety  is  through  self-care.  In  the  second  paper  (Chapter  3),  I  use  twenty-seven  interviews  with  feminists  to  understand  television  viewing  as  it  relates  to  self-care  in  the  months  immediately  following  the  presidential  election  of  Donald  Trump  in  2016.  Contributing  to  the  phenomenological  understandings  of  everyday  lived  behavior  and  quotidian  consumption  of  social  movement  participants,  I  discuss  how  these  feminists  navigate  a  television  landscape  often  at  odds  with  their  sociopolitical  values.  I  identify  three  interrelated  tensions:  (1)  tension  between  holding  feminist  values  and  watching  shows  that  may  contradict  those  values;  (2)  tension  between  self-care  and  trying  to  be  "woke"  all  the  time;  and  (3)  tension  between  the  dismissal  of  television  as  trivial  and  the  understanding  of  political  economic  implications  of  viewership  in  the  age  of  streaming.  In  navigating  a  culture  as  is  rather  than  as  desired,  these  feminists  use  self-care  as  a  vocabulary  of  motive  (Mills  1940)  for  potentially  problematic  viewing  behavior,  raising  important  questions  about  the  intersection  of  social  movements,  the  self,  and  self-care  in  a  neoliberal,  capitalist  society.In  the  final  paper  (Chapter  4),  I  discuss  how  the  practice  of  self-care  in  its  popularized  and  neoliberal  form  de-emphasizes  social  connection,  instead  centering  hyper-individualization  and  commodification.  Guided  by  the  social  psychological  concept  of  the  "social  self"  (Cooley  1902;  Mead  1913,  1934),  we  must  reconceptualize  self-care  as  social  self-care.  Neoliberal  ideology  has  shaped  the  way  we  have  come  to  see  the  "self,"  "care,"  and  "self-care,"  placing  responsibility  (and  blame)  at  the  individual  level.  A  reconceptualization  of  neoliberal  self-care  to  social  self-care,  as  fundamentally  social  and  relational,  will  be  significant  not  only  for  the  daily  lived  experience  of  self-care  but  for  broader  understandings  of  wellness  and  wellbeing  in  the  twenty-first  century.Together,  the  three  papers  wrestle  with  human  being-as  fundamentally  social  and  relational-in  a  world  that  cares  mostly  for  human  doing.  And  human  being  involves  limitations;  we  must  navigate  the  limits  of  our  own  physical,  mental,  and  emotional  energy  in  an  often  harsh  and  hostile  world.  More  and  more  of  us  are  facing  the  stress  and  distress  of  productivity  anxiety,  and  it  really  is  hard  to  be  "woke"  all  the  time.  Through  the  connection  and  relationality  of  social  self-care,  we  have  the  potential  to  care  not  only  for  ourselves,  but  for  each  other  and  our  world.
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