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Author Svendsen, Lars Fr. H., 1970-

Title A philosophy of boredom / Lars Svendsen ; translated by John Irons
Published London : Reaktion Books, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages)
Contents The problem of boredom -- Stories of boredom -- The phenomenology of boredom -- The ethics of boredom
Summary A Philosophy of Boredom investigates one of the central preoccupations of our age as it probes the nature of boredom, how it originated, how and why it afflicts us, and why we cannot seem to overcome it by any act of will
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-176)
Notes Print version record
Subject Boredom.
Boredom in literature.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Emotions.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Boredom
Boredom in literature
Verveling.
Letterkunde.
Filosofische aspecten.
Form Electronic book
Author Irons, John, 1942-
ISBN 9781861896063
1861896069
Other Titles Kjedsomhetens filosofi. English