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| #950881 in Books | 2012-04-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .68 x5.49 x8.48l,.64 | File type: PDF | 224 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Very informative and humorous investigation of boredom|By Hubert Shea|This book is a study of an essential and incredibly common emotion in human beings – boredom. This book is not a physiological or psychological study of boredom but a synthesis of how painters, monks, novelists, scientists, psychologists, and biologists visualize, narrate, an analyse boredom via artwork||
"As for his engaging new book, Toohey needn’t worry: Boredom, with its wise insights, is never boring."—Carmela Ciuraru, Boston Globe
In 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...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Boredom: A Lively History | Peter Toohey. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
