Boredom: A Lively History - (Toohey Peter)(Paperback)

A rich and stimulating exploration of one of our most maligned emotions and how it might actually help us flourish

In the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey dispels the myth that its simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartres nausea. He shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience.This informative and entertaining investigation of boredom--what it is and what it isnt, its uses and its dangers--spans more than 3,000 years of history and takes readers through fascinating neurological and psychological theories of emotion, as well as recent scientific investigations, to illustrate its role in our lives. There are Australian aboriginals and bored Romans, Jeffrey Archer and caged cockatoos, Camus and the early
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