This book collects the lifelong research on boredom by American
psychologist Augustin de la Peña (1942-2021). It focuses on the
experience of boredom—and other similar states, including ennui,
melancholy, laziness, interest, attention, and entertainment—and
its associated behaviors. Offering an interdisciplinary chronicle
of boredom, from Antiquity to the present, special attention is
paid to its daily experience as a ubiquitous phenomenon that
informs cultural and political actions that continue to shape our
society. Dr. de la Peña describes the obsolescence of the Western
Commonsense View of Reality to propose a Developmental
Psychophysiological Approach to Reality, reconceptualizing boredom.
The book theorizes the condition as both logical and emotional, an
axis that has defined the sensibility of the modern era. This
is a volume edited posthumously by Josefa Ros Velasco and
Christian Parreno in homage to Augustin’s work and his
invaluable contribution to the establishment
of the field of boredom studies.
General
Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Augustin de la Peña
• Josefa Ros Velasco
• Christian Parreno
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
644 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-132684-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
3-03-132684-9 |
Barcode: |
9783031326844 |
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