What do we mean when we talk about toxicity, abuse, and harassment? Where does our resource come from? Why do we so frighten each other with burnout? All these words describe (and prescribe) changes in thinking, ethics, and behavior—from the recently introduced 'crush' and 'swipe' to the transforming concepts of 'love,' 'depression,' and 'rudeness.'

This phrasebook, edited by sociologist Polina Aronson, includes the most relevant and problematic of these terms. Where did they come from, and how do they influence society and language? What is the process of rethinking old words and adopting new ones related to? And how should we use them? Anthropologists, sociologists, journalists, psychologists, and psychotherapists provided their points of view, and tried to understand even the most complex feelings.

The book was written by a team of authors: Polina Aronson, Ilya Budraitskis, Elizaveta Velikodvorskaya, Christine Godsee, Gasan Guseinov, Zhanna Chernova, Vladislav Zemenkov, Yulia Lerner, Elena Miskova, Oksana Moroz, Yulia Pirumova, Julie Resche, Duane Roussel, Natalia Savelyeva, Yuri Saprykin, Olga Solovyova, Olga Strakhovskaya, Anna Temkina, Marina Travkova, Larisa Shpakovskaya, Grigory Yudin

Author: Team of authors (under the direction of Polina Aronson)
Publishing House: Individuum
Year: 2021
Number of pages: 284
Cover type: Paperback
Age group: 16+