A philosophy of boredom

A philosophy of boredom
Kjedsomhetens filosofi, englanti
Kirja
Svendsen, Lars Fr. H.  ; Irons, John , kääntäjä
A Reaktion Books 2005
NÄYTÄ MUUT VERSIOT (4)
Although boredom is something that we have all suffered from at some point in our lives, and has become one of the central preoccupations of our age, very few of us can explain precisely what it is. In this book, Lars Svendsen examines the nature of boredom, how it originated, its history, how and why it afflicts us, and why we cannot seem to overcome it by any act of will. A diverse and vague phenomenon, described as anything from tame longing without any particular object' (Schopenhauer), a bestial and indefinable affliction' (Dostoevsky), to time's invasion of your world system' (Joseph Brodsky), boredom allows many interpretations. In exploring these, Lars Svendsen brings together observations from philosophy, literature, psychology, theology and popular culture, examining boredom's pre-Romantic manifestations in medieval torpor, philosophies of the subject from Pascal to Nietzsche, and modern related concepts of alienation and transgression, taking in texts by Samuel Beckett, J.G. Ballard, Andy Warhol and many others. A witty and entertaining account that considers a serious issue, it will appeal to anyone who has ever felt bored, and wanted to know why.

LISÄÄ
Genre    
esseet
Ulkoasu    
176 sivua
Kieli    
englanti
Alkuteoksen kieli    
norja
Julkaisija    London : A Reaktion Books, 2005
Aiheet    
filosofia 
tunteet 
ikävystyminen 
fenomenologia 
filosofinen antropologia 
Lisätiedot    
Lars Fr H Svendsen ; translated by John Irons
ISBN    
1861892179 pehmeäkantinen
Huomautus kielistä    
englanti