Complex Feelings. A Phrasebook of the New Reality: from Abuse to Toxicity

What do we mean when we talk about toxicity, abuse, and harassment? Where does the resource come from? Why do we scare each other with burnout? All these words describe (and prescribe) changes in thinking, ethics, and behavior — from... the recently introduced terms "crush" and "swipe" to the transforming concepts of "love", "depression", and "rudeness". The phrasebook edited by sociologist Polina Aronson includes the most relevant and problematic of these terms. Where did they come from and how do they affect society and language? What is the process of rethinking old words and borrowing new ones about? And how do you even use them? Anthropologists, sociologists, journalists, psychologists, and psychotherapists provided their perspectives on this — and tried to make sense of even the most complex feelings.