03376nam 2200661 a 450 991097278000332120251117090512.01-283-21503-997866132150310-300-17216-810.12987/9780300172164(CKB)2550000000039459(StDuBDS)AH24486319(SSID)ssj0000521235(PQKBManifestationID)11358155(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521235(PQKBWorkID)10517338(PQKB)10478836(MiAaPQ)EBC3420713(DE-B1597)485685(OCoLC)747037635(DE-B1597)9780300172164(Au-PeEL)EBL3420713(CaPaEBR)ebr10483620(CaONFJC)MIL321503(OCoLC)923596316(OCoLC)747037635(EXLCZ)99255000000003945920101001d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBoredom a lively history /Peter Toohey1st ed.New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press2011viii, 211 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-14110-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Putting boredom in its place -- 2. Chronic boredom and the company it keeps -- 3. Humans, animals and incarceration -- 4. The disease that wasteth at noonday -- 5. Does boredom have a history? -- 6. The long march back to boredom -- Readings -- Acknowledgements -- IndexIn the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. He shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience.This informative and entertaining investigation of boredom-what it is and what it isn't, its uses and its dangers-spans more than 3,000 years of history and takes readers through fascinating neurological and psychological theories of emotion, as well as recent scientific investigations, to illustrate its role in our lives. There are Australian aboriginals and bored Romans, Jeffrey Archer and caged cockatoos, Camus and the early Christians, Dürer and Degas. Toohey also explores the important role that boredom plays in popular and highbrow culture and how over the centuries it has proven to be a stimulus for art and literature.Toohey shows that boredom is a universal emotion experienced by humans throughout history and he explains its place, and value, in today's world. Boredom: A Lively History is vital reading for anyone interested in what goes on when supposedly nothing happens.BoredomHistoryBoredomBoredom in literatureBoredomHistory.Boredom.Boredom in literature.152.4Toohey Peter1951-609081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972780003321Boredom4529600UNINA