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Philosophy of Boredom
Lars Svendsen
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Description for Philosophy of Boredom
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 119 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
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' ... Read more
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' ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
187g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861892171
SKU
V9781861892171
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About Lars Svendsen
Lars Fr. H. Svendsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. He is the author of many books including Man, Morals and Genes: A Critique of Biologism (2001) and The Philosophy of Evil (2001). The translator, John Irons, was awarded the prestigious NORLA prize in 2007.
Reviews for Philosophy of Boredom
When an investigation into boredom is done well, as it is in A Philosophy of Boredom ... it is positively gripping. Times Literary Supplement ... amusing, learned, and articulate ... You would be hard pressed to find a better book to make do with this year than this wonderful little one which is, somehow, despite the desolation at its core, ... Read more