Review
Serge Doublet has effectively, through his critical, and at times, most detailed examination of available evidence, demolished the concept of stress as a useful scientific construct. --Professor Trevor Parmenter Royal Rehabilitation Centre Ryde Australia
A major dilemma for a book like this is the very breadth of the work. It is difficult enough to read several intellectual fields simultaneously in ways that have integrity in each, especially when the discourses of most are complex and obscure. It is even more difficult to combine such reading with sophisticated historical and sociological analysis within a philosophical framework. A major issue for the thesis then is the extent to which Mr Doublet has rendered these fields in ways recognisable to their practitioners." --Professor Richard Smith, Griffith University
"The style is very accessible. The author writes well and argues points through very carefully and fully... I enjoyed reading the book." --Reviewer for Routledge London
A major dilemma for a book like this is the very breadth of the work. It is difficult enough to read several intellectual fields simultaneously in ways that have integrity in each, especially when the discourses of most are complex and obscure. It is even more difficult to combine such reading with sophisticated historical and sociological analysis within a philosophical framework. A major issue for the thesis then is the extent to which Mr Doublet has rendered these fields in ways recognisable to their practitioners." --Professor Richard Smith, Griffith University
"The style is very accessible. The author writes well and argues points through very carefully and fully... I enjoyed reading the book." --Reviewer for Routledge London
Product Description
Numerous claims have been made about the evils of stress. As a result, advice on how to cope with `the epidemic? of the 20th century has abounded.
Interest in the concept of stress has generated studies in many varied areas of research which have included Psychology, Sociology, Immunology, Neurology, Cardiology, and Human resources. In bringing together the findings from most of these disciplines, this book is the first to tell the whole, complete story about stress.
This book is also unique because, unlike most books on stress, it challenges the usefulness and validity of the concept of stress. The author has systematically investigated most of the claims that have been made about stress and has carefully argued and demonstrated that they cannot be substantiated.
In addition, he offers a simpler and more adequate explanation of what takes place when people feel they are `stressed?. Such an approach makes it possible to address the problem rather than the symptoms.
Interest in the concept of stress has generated studies in many varied areas of research which have included Psychology, Sociology, Immunology, Neurology, Cardiology, and Human resources. In bringing together the findings from most of these disciplines, this book is the first to tell the whole, complete story about stress.
This book is also unique because, unlike most books on stress, it challenges the usefulness and validity of the concept of stress. The author has systematically investigated most of the claims that have been made about stress and has carefully argued and demonstrated that they cannot be substantiated.
In addition, he offers a simpler and more adequate explanation of what takes place when people feel they are `stressed?. Such an approach makes it possible to address the problem rather than the symptoms.
