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082 _a128.4
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100 _aGoodstein, Elizabeth S.
245 _aExperience without qualities : boredom and modernity
260 _bStanford University Press,
_c2005
_aCalifornia :
300 _ax, 461 p. ;
_bill.,
_c23 cm.
365 _b35.00
_c$
_d86.30
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aAlthough boredom appears to be a perennial feature of the human condition, it is linked to ways of experiencing time and thinking about human existence that are recognizably modern. By tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German literary, philosophical, and sociological texts, "Experience Without Qualities" makes a contribution to the intellectual and cultural history of European modernity.
650 _aExistential malaise
650 _aSociological symptom
650 _aFrench and German literary
650 _aHuman condition
650 _aLiterary Criticism
650 _aEuropean modernity
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