Developing Psychic Genera: Pastoral Care for Adolescents in the Context of Unlimited Competition

This paper explores pastoral care for adolescents confronted with unlimited competition. To understand the inner struggles of adolescents in this situation, I draw on philosopher Byung-Chul Han's The Burnout Society. In the milieu of unlimited competition, adolescents are prone to exploit thems...

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Published in:Pastoral psychology
Main Author: Jeong, Youn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2016
In: Pastoral psychology
RelBib Classification:KBM Asia
RG Pastoral care
ZF Education
Further subjects:B Pastoral care of freedom
B Pastoral Care
B Psychic genera
B HAN, Byung-Chul
B Unlimited competition
B Teenagers
B Competition (Psychology)
B Adolescents
B BOLLAS, Christopher
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