Anja Röcke

Anja Röcke

Anja Röcke, born in Kuopio, Finland, in 1978, is a visiting professor of General Sociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Her work focuses on the cultural sociology, sociological theory and political sociology.
Anja Röcke, born in Kuopio, Finland, in 1978, is a visiting professor of General Sociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Her work focuses on the cultural sociology, sociological theory and political sociology.

PUBLICATIONS

Sociology of Self-Optimisation
Year of Publication: 2021
Anja RöckeYear of Publication: 2021
Work more productively, achieve more! Become even fitter, even more beautiful! Self-optimisation is at the centre of current social demands and individual empirical worlds in capitalist societies. But what exactly is meant by self-optimisation? Is it a new phenomenon? What are its individual and social preconditions and consequences? By way of exploring these three questions, Anja Röcke...