A philosophy of boredom /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Svendsen, Lars Fr. H., 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2008.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • One: The Problem of Boredom. Boredom as a Philosophical Problem. Boredom and Modernity. Boredom and Meaning. Boredom, Work and Leisure. Boredom and Death. Typologies of Boredom. Boredom and Novelty
  • Two: Stories of Boredom. Acedia: Pre-modern Boredom. From Pascal to Nietzsche. Romantic Boredom, form William Lovell to American Psycho. On Boredom, Body, Technology and Transgression: Crash. Samuel Beckett and the Impossibility of Personal Meaning. Andy Warhol: Renouncing Personal Meaning
  • Three: The Phenomenology of Boredom. On Attunement. Ontology: The Hermeneutics of Boredom
  • Four: The Ethics of Boredom. What is an I?. Boredom and Human History. The Experience of Boredom. Boredom and Maturity.