Petersen’s book speaks in conversational tones to Mark Fisher’s idea of
“capitalist realism.” Capitalist realism conditions us to feel as if our
existing reality is inescapable, it is “a pervasive atmosphere,
conditioning not only the production of culture, but also the regulation
of work and education, and acting as a kind of invisible barrier
threatening thought and action” Even though Petersen does not engage
with his work, Fisher’s definition provides a good touchstone for her
identification of burnout as the signature affective symptom of
millennial life, because her salient point is that millennials
experience burnout as a necessary state of life under capitalism.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/work-sucks-on-anne-helen-petersens-cant-even/
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