UID:
almafu_9960819751402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 146 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-87145-3
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1-108-88041-X
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1-108-87831-8
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9781108878319
Inhalt:
Boredom is an enduring problem. In response, schools often do one or both of the following: first, they endorse what novelist Walker Percy describes as a 'boredom avoidance scheme,' adopting new initiative after new initiative in the hope that boredom can be outrun altogether, or second, they compel students to accept boring situations as an inevitable part of life. Both strategies avoid serious reflection on this universal and troubling state of mind. In this book, Gary argues that schools should educate students on how to engage with boredom productively. Rather than being conditioned to avoid or blame boredom on something or someone else, students need to be given tools for dealing with their boredom. These tools provide them with internal resources that equip them to find worthwhile activities and practices to transform boredom into a more productive state of mind. This book addresses the ways students might gain these skills.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jul 2022).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Morality of Boredom and a Brief History of Leisure -- Introduction -- The Morality of Boredom -- Aiming for Leisure -- 2 The Problem of Boredom -- Introduction -- The Emergence of Modern Boredom -- Situational Boredom -- Existential Boredom -- The Quest for Authenticity -- 3 Despair: The Source of Boredom -- Introduction -- The Subject of Boredom -- Sickness unto Death: Diagnosing Despair -- Despair of Possibility -- Despair of Necessity -- Conclusion -- 4 Leisure: A Cure for Boredom -- Introduction -- Wallace's Cruise: The Despair of Amusement -- Aristotle on Leisure -- Conclusion -- 5 The Art of Leisure -- On Practices -- On Focal Practices -- Directives for Leisure -- 6 Cultivating Leisure -- Leisure and Education -- The Trusting Apprentice -- Cultivating a Spirit of Study -- Remember Your Epiphanies -- Epilogue: Coda on the Self at Leisure -- Love as the Ground of Leisure -- References -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-83998-3
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878319
