Although boredom appears to be a perennial feature of the human condition, it is linked to ways of experiencing time and thinking about human existence that are recognizably modern. By tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German li…
"Although boredom appears to be a perennial feature of the human condition, it is linked to ways of experiencing time and thinking about human existence that are recognizably modern. By tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German l…
"Although boredom appears to be a perennial feature of the human condition, it is linked to ways of experiencing time and thinking about human existence that are recognizably modern. By tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German l…
Am account of boredom, something that we have all suffered from, yet actually know very little about.
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.
"This book 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. Lars Svendsen brings together observations from philosophy, literatur…
"On connaît le syndrome du burn-out, moins celui du bore-out : il touche pourtant davantage de personnes (30 % environ des travailleurs contre 10% pour le burn-out) et fait autant, sinon plus, de ravages. Au contraire du burn-out, sorte de boulimie de travail qui provoquerait un…
A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.
A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.