edited by Michael E. Gardiner and Julian Jason Haladyn.
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xi, 254 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Boredom and subjectivity -- Between affect and history : the rhetoric of modern boredom / Elizabeth S. Goodstein -- Boredom and visual culture -- Entertainment : contemporary art's cure for boredom / (Frances Colpitt -- Boredom in/and the [techno-]social world -- Boredom : technology, acceleration, and connected presence in the social media age / Martin Hand -- Boredom and its discontents -- Boredom and the banality of power / Saikat Majumdar -- Boredom's futures -- Boredom and the meaning of life / Lars Svendsen) -- Boredom and the origin of philosophy / Mark Kingwell -- Postscript: not your father's boredom : ennui in the age of "generation meh" / Michael E. Gardiner.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Boredom Studies is an increasingly rich and vital area of contemporary research that examines the experience of boredom as an important - even quintessential - condition of modern life. This anthology of newly commissioned essays focuses on the historical and theoretical potential of this modern condition, connecting boredom studies with parallel discourses such as affect theory and highlighting possible avenues of future research. Spanning sociology, history, art, philosophy and cultural studies, the book considers boredom as a mass response to the atrophy of experience characteristic of a highly mechanised and urbanised social life.