Boredom : a lively history /

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In the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. He shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Toohey, Peter, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Boredom > History.
Boredom.
Boredom in literature.
Boredom
Ennui (Lassitude) > Histoire.
Ennui (Lassitude)
Ennui (Lassitude) dans la littérature.
PSYCHOLOGY > Emotions.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Verveling.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Putting boredom in its place
  • Chronic boredom and the company it keeps
  • Humans, animals and incarceration
  • The disease that wasteth at noonday
  • Does boredom have a history?
  • The long march back to boredom.

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