Georges Vigarello is Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His many books include The History of Rape: Sexual Violence in France from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century and The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Medieval World and the Challenge of Landmarks
Chapter 1: A Clear Picture with Cloudy Landmarks
Chapter 2: The Renowned Fatigue of the Warrior
Chapter 3: The 'Necessary' Suffering of the Traveler
Chapter 4: 'Redemptive' Fatigue
Chapter 5: Ordinary Work and Everyday Workers, a relative "silence"?
Chapter 6: Between Occult Power and the Healing Virtues of Refreshments
Part II: The Modern World and the Challenge of Categories
Chapter 7: The Invention of Degrees
Chapter 8: Inventing Categories
Chapter 9: The Advent of Numbers
Chapter 10: Diversifying Influences
Chapter 11: The Diversification of Remedies
Chapter 12: Poverty and "Exhaustion"
Part III: The Enlightenment and the Challenge of the Perceptible
Chapter 13: Feelings at Stake
Chapter 14: Nerves: From a Stimulus to a Whirlwind
Chapter 15: Speaking of Strength
Chapter 16: Suffering from Fatigue, the Beginning of Compassion
Chapter 17: Fatigue is in Demand; The Challenge Begins
Chapter 18: The Beginning of Training and the Review of Time
Part IV: The Nineteenth Century and the Challenge of Numbers
Chapter 19: The Steadfast Citizen
Chapter 20: A World of Numbers: From Mechanics to Energy
Chapter 21: A Universe Under Threat: The Poverty of the Workers
Chapter 22: The World of Output
Chapter 23: The World of "Mental Fatigue"
Chapter 24: Resistance and Growth
Part V: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries and the Challenge of Psychology
Chapter 25: Revealing the Psyche
Chapter 26 From Hormones to Stress
Chapter 27 From the "New Man" to Tragedy
Chapter 28: The Promise of Well-Being?
Chapter 29: From Burnout to Identity
Afterword
Chapter 30: Surprises and "Viral" Dangers
Notes
Index