Boredom: A Lively History

Arguing for the benefits of boredom, this title dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. It shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience.

• | Author: Peter Toohey
• | Publisher: Yale University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780300181845
• | ISBN-10: 0300181841