Enjoy your Stress! Using Lacan to enrich transactional models of stress

Enjoy your Stress! Using Lacan to enrich transactional models of stress

This article reconsiders stress both theoretically and empirically using a Lacanian perspective. It addresses how Lacan’s concepts of jouissance and desire may be employed to provide a rich overlay to transactional models of stress that engages with unconscious aspects of appraisal. In doing so, it...

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Veröffentlicht in:Organization (London, England) England), 2010-05, Vol.17 (3), p.317-330
Hauptverfasser: Bicknell, Martin, Liefooghe, Andreas
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Conceptualization
Emotions
Lacan, Jacques
Lacan, Jacques Marie Emile (1901-1981)
Mental stress
Modelling
Organization theory
Psychiatry
Social behaviour
Social theory
Stress
Studies
Transactional analysis
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Zusammenfassung:This article reconsiders stress both theoretically and empirically using a Lacanian perspective. It addresses how Lacan’s concepts of jouissance and desire may be employed to provide a rich overlay to transactional models of stress that engages with unconscious aspects of appraisal. In doing so, it challenges the dichotomy between stress and enjoyment.
ISSN:1350-5084
1461-7323
DOI:10.1177/1350508410363120