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Critique of bored reason : on the confinement of the modern condition / Dmitri Nikulin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nikulin, D. V. (Dmitriĭ Vladimirovich), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Boredom.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- In this philosophical study, Dmitri Nikulin explores the concept's genealogy to argue that boredom is the mark of modernity. Considering such thinkers as Descartes, Pascal, Kant, Kierkegaard, Kracauer, Heidegger, and Benjamin, Critique of Bored Reason places boredom on center stage in the philosophical critique of modernity.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- 1. A Conceptual History of Boredom
- 2. Boredom and the Flâneur
- 3. Critique of Bored Reason
- 4. Being and Boredom
- 5. The Nonboring Well-Being
- 6. Scandal
- In Place of a Conclusion: On Method
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nikulin, Dmitri Critique of Bored Reason
- ISBN:
- 0-231-54815-X
- OCLC:
- 1294140914
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