A history of rest / Alain Corbin, translated by Helen Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbin, Alain, author.

Contributor:

Morrison, Helen, 1954- translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rest--History.

Rest.

Rest--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

vii, 116 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Polity Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Rest occupies a space outside of sleep and alertness: it is a form of recuperation but also of preparation for what is to come, and is a need felt by human and animal alike. Through the centuries, different and conflicting definitions and forms of rest have blossomed, ranging from heavenly repose to what is prescribed for the modern affliction of burn-out. What has remained constant is its importance: long the subject of art and literature, everyone understands the need not to disturb the aimless, languishing, daydreaming Lotus-eater...This new book, as original as Corbin's other histories of neglected aspects of human life, pans the long evolution of rest in a highly readable and engaging style." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sabbath and heavenly rest

Eternal rest, the foundation stone of this history

Rest and quietude

Retreat and retirement in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, or the art of being able "to forge" a tranquil rest for yourself

Interlude: Charles V

Disgrace, an opportunity for rest

Rest in the midst of confinement

The quest for comfort: new approaches to rest in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Prelude: rest in the midst of nature

A rest for the land

Sunday rest and "the demon rest"

Fatigue and rest

Therapeutic rest from the end of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth century.

Notes:

Originally published in French as Histoire du repos, 2022 by Editions Plon, un Departement de Place des Editeurs, Paris.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1509561528

9781509561520

9781509561537

1509561536

OCLC:

1414371196