Still bored in a culture of entertainment : rediscovering passion and wonder / Richard Winter. [print]

By:

Winter, Richard, 1945- [Author]

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text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780830823086

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LOC classification:

BV4599.W786.S755 2002
BV4599

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Contents:

Basics of boredom : under-stimulation, repetition, and disconnection -- Two types of boredom : the long and the short of it -- Entertained to excess : leisure, over-stimulation, and the entertainment industry -- Advertised to apathy : the stimulation and disappointment of desire -- Why some people are more likely to get bored : perception, personality, and proneness -- Negated to numbness : anxiety, disappointment, and emotional shutdown -- A trip back in time : medieval boredom, melancholy, and grief -- From sin to self-fulfillment : religion, the right to happiness, and lack of inner resources -- Haunted by hopelessness : postmodernism, indifference, and the loss of meaning -- The bitter fruits of boredom -- Counteracting boredom or six easy steps to an exciting, never-bored-again life! -- Not so easy, not so fast : some foundational themes of life -- Why get up in the morning? : boredom and the battle.

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Withdrawn	G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN	Non-fiction	BV4599.5.B67 W56 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1 Not for loan		31923001120167

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Three yawns for boredom! -- Basics of boredom : under-stimulation, repetition, and disconnection -- Two types of boredom : the long and the short of it -- Entertained to excess : leisure, over-stimulation, and the entertainment industry -- Advertised to apathy : the stimulation and disappointment of desire -- Why some people are more likely to get bored : perception, personality, and proneness -- Negated to numbness : anxiety, disappointment, and emotional shutdown -- A trip back in time : medieval boredom, melancholy, and grief -- From sin to self-fulfillment : religion, the right to happiness, and lack of inner resources -- Haunted by hopelessness : postmodernism, indifference, and the loss of meaning -- The bitter fruits of boredom -- Counteracting boredom or six easy steps to an exciting, never-bored-again life! -- Not so easy, not so fast : some foundational themes of life -- Why get up in the morning? : boredom and the battle.

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