Intro; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction: What Does the Social Construction of Stress Mean?; What Is "Social Constructionism"?; Social Constructionism Is About Labelling; Social Constructionism Is About Social Practices and Institutions; The Individualization of Working Relations Is a Social Construction; The Social Construction of Emergence; References; 2 "Elective Affinities" and Development of "Normal Science": What Kind of Regulation? The Example of Hans Selye (1907-1981); The Origins of Hans Selye's "Elective Affinities."
A Childhood Influenced by Catholic BeliefsLoss of Social Status and Belief in Destiny; Integration into "Normal Science"; Encounters and First Controversy; Role of the Beliefs in the Invention of the "General Adaptation Syndrome"; Popularization and Justification: A Moral Entrepreneur; Popularization; Justification and Dissemination of the Notion of Stress; Conclusion: Biographical Approach and Regulation of the Normal Science; References; 3 Epidemiological Transition and the Emergence of Mental Discomfort: The Case of Work Stress; The Case of Work Stress
Constructing the Suffering SubjectAn Accountable Subject; In an Environment Between Zero and Infinity; Discussion and Conclusion; Performing the Suffering Subject; Performing the Silence of Action; Performing the Silence of Reflection; References; 5 The Discourse of Stress: Individual Pathology or Communal Ritual; Pathologizing Discourses; Social Construction; Constructing a World; An Illustration: Work Stress and Burnout; Individualizing Stress, Relational Isolation, and the Effect of Capitalist Ideology; A Final Word; References; 6 The Different Dimensions of the Social Construction Process
The Emergence of Work Stress in TeachingDevelopment of the Financial Sector and Work Stress; Work Stress and the Public Sphere; Expressions of Work Stress During the Medical Encounter; The Epidemic of Mental Discomfort-Conclusions and Implications for Further Research; References; 4 How Much Do You Suffer? The Performativity of Scientific Scales of Work-Related Suffering; The Construction of the Suffering Subject: From Discourse to Scientific Scales of Measurement; Methodology; The Choice of Scales for Assessing Suffering in the Workplace; Analysis of the Scales
The Invention and Dissemination of a New LabelA Definition of the Situation That Favors the Concept of Stress; Labeling Effect, Categorization and Diagnosis; The Moral Career of Stressed Workers; Conclusion: Articulating These Four Dimensions; References; 7 The Problem of Work Stress and the Need to Re-imagine the Bio-Psycho-Social Model; Critique of the Bio-Psycho-Social Model; Re-imagining the Bio-Psycho-Social Model; New Categories; Exploring the New Categories and the Relationships Between Them; Visualising the New Framework; Conclusions and Therapeutic Applications; References