Storia della fatica è un'esplorazione della stanchezza attraverso le epoche e le culture: una narrazione in cui si incrociano i cambiamenti delle nostre strutture socio-lavorative e quelli riguardanti i corpi e l'autopercezione, l'impatto della guerra e la nascita ed evoluzione dell'attività sportiva. Dal lavoratore medievale chino a vangare la terra fino all'impiegato ingobbito sulla scrivania o risucchiato dallo schermo di un pc, il modo in cui definiamo la fatica ha sempre detto molto d...

« Qu’est-ce qu’un mythe ? Dans la langue courante, il désigne une histoire ou une idée fausse : le mythe du retour à la nature, de la croissance zéro, ou du progrès indéfini. Mais dans la langue des sciences humaines et de l’anthropologie, c’est un récit censé donner un sens aux choses pour résoudre des difficultés ou des contradictions. Le mythe fait prendre par erreur un rapport idéal pour un rapport réel. Le sport dans ce cas est bien un mythe. Il permet de croire et de faire croire... ...

Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. While hefty bodies were once a sign of power, today those who struggle to lose weight are considered poor in character and weak in mind. Vigarello traces the eventual equation of fatness with infirmity and the way we have come to define ourselves an...

"Stress," "burn out," "mental overload": the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have witnessed an unrelenting expansion of the meaning of fatigue. The tentacles of exhaustion insinuated themselves into every aspect of our lives, from the workplace to the home, from our relationships with friends and family to the most intimate aspects of our lives. All around us are the signs of a "burn-out society," a society in which fatigue has become the norm. How did this happen?This pioneer...