Malicious objects, anger management, and the question of modern literature /

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Why do humans get angry with objects? Why is it that a malfunctioning computer, a broken tool, or a fallen glass causes an outbreak of fury? How is it possible to speak of an inanimate object's recalcitrance, obstinacy, or even malice? When things assume a will of their own and seem to act out...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kreienbrock, Jörg, 1969- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Édition:First edition.
Sujets:
Anger.
Emotions.
Anger in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Colère.
Colère dans la littérature.
anger.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Agency.
German Literature.
Humor.
Network-Actor Theory.
Phenomenology.
Psychoanalysis.
Technology of the Self.
Thing Theory.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: how (not) to do things with doors
  • "When things move upon bad hinges": Sterne and stoicism
  • Annoying bagatelles: Jean Paul and the comedy of the quotidian
  • Malicious objects: Friedrich Theodor Vischer and the (non)functionality of things
  • Igniting anger: Heimito von Doderer and the psychopathology of everyday rage.

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