14. November 2022, 13:00
“The great exhaustion” – that’s what Andreas Salcher calls his current release. Global political developments such as the war in Ukraine, inflation, the followingmath of the corona pandemic and the increasingly noticeable climate crisis – they all bring fears and doubts. Broad sections of the population are exhausted, he notes.
But these crises in the “outside world”, believes the non-fiction author and education consultant, only exacerbate wrong priorities, decisions and self-deception: unrealistic expectations of success for men, demands for perfection (including their own) as it is particularly recommended to women in education.
The book also questions popular myths: that a good work-life balance protects once morest exhaustion, that young people are “a lost generation”, or that exhaustion comes from exertion – instead of heteronomy and a loss of meaning. Inspired by the psychotherapist Viktor Frankl, the happiness researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who described the phenomenon of flow, and the Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast, Andreas Salcher designs counter-strategies with a view to the power of individuals to make decisions.
Who is affected by the “great exhaustion” and why? What role do social factors such as working conditions or the distribution of tasks between men and women play? Do possible solutions lie in the area of individuals or society?
Johann Kneihs talks regarding this with Andreas Salcher and with you: The editors look forward to your participation in the interview, by phone during the program on 0800 22 69 79, or by e-mail to punkteins(at)orf.at
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Buch:
Andreas Salcher: The great exhaustion and the sources of strength. Publisher Edition a 2022
