The spiritual significance of overload boredom / Sharday C. Mosurinjohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mosurinjohn, Sharday C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Boredom.

Meaning (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

Summary:

The spiritual crisis of the digital age is overload boredom. This book attends to sensation and emotion to show how our interior lives are radically reconfigured by information, stimulation, and choice overload. Sharday Mosurinjohn argues that the antidote is not withdrawal or resistance, but kedia, an ethic of care.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction The Spiritual Significance of Boredom

1 A History of Boredom as a Spiritual Crisis

2 The Disaffect of Overload Boredom

3 Habritual Texting Why We Are Addicted to Boring Conversation

4 Uncertainty and Shared Entropy in Overload Culture

5 Information Enchantment The Mystifying and the Kēdic

6 Conclusion Overload Boredom and a Hermeneutics of Care

Epilogue For Boredom

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Mosurinjohn, Sharday C. The Spiritual Significance of Overload Boredom

ISBN:

9780228013303