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  • The Disease of Boredom

    From Ancient Philosophy to Modern Psychology

    by Josefa Ros Velasco ...
    Translated by Kyle Rosen ...
    A transformative exploration of a painful emotionBoredom visits all of us at some point. Sometimes it is fleeting. Other times it is deep, lasting, or profound. We even experience it in groups. Boredom can be so intolerable that some are willing to do almost anything just to escape it. In this provocative and eloquently argued book, Josefa Ros Velasco invites us to listen to the voice of boredom, ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The History and Philosophy of Boredom

    Edited by Andreas Elpidorou, Josefa Ros Velasco ...
    Series series Rewriting the History of Philosophy
    From Lucretius’s horror loci and Buddhist drowsiness to the religious boredom of acedia and the philosophical explorations of Kant, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, boredom has long been a subject of philosophical fascination. Its story, unfolding through millennia, encompasses apathy, weariness, disaffection, melancholy, ennui, tedium, and monotony. Today, boredom assumes new forms: the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Boredom Is in Your Mind

    A Shared Psychological-Philosophical Approach

    Edited by Josefa Ros Velasco ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book offers a unique perspective on the topic of boredom, with chapters written by diverse representatives of various mental health disciplines and philosophical approaches. On one hand, studying boredom involves the mental processes of attention, memory, perception, creativity, or language use; on the other, boredom can be understood by taking into account many pathological conditions such ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Boredom Experience and Associated Behaviors

    A Lifelong Research by Dr. Augustin de la Peña

    by Augustin de la Peña ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book collects the lifelong research on boredom by American psychologist Augustin de la Peña (1942-2021). It focuses on the experience of boredom—and other similar states, including ennui, melancholy, laziness, interest, attention, and entertainment—and its associated behaviors. Offering an interdisciplinary chronicle of boredom, from Antiquity to the present, special attention is paid to its ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Contemporary Writer and Their Suicide

    Edited by Josefa Ros Velasco ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This volume is the continuation of the book Suicide in Modern Literature, edited by Josefa Ros Velasco. Considering the positive reception of this book, Ros Velasco launches the second part, entitled The Contemporary Writer and their Suicide. This time, leading representatives of various disciplines analyze the literary, philosophical, and biographical works of contemporary writers worldwide who ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Suicide in Modern Literature

    Social Causes, Existential Reasons, and Prevention Strategies

    Edited by Josefa Ros Velasco ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes the social and contextual causes of suicide, the existential and philosophical reasons for committing suicide, and the prevention strategies that modern fictional literature places at our disposal. They go through the review of Modern fictional literature, in the American and European geographical framework, following the rationales that modern literature based on fiction can ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Faces of Depression in Literature

    Edited by Josefa Ros Velasco ...
    The Faces of Depression in Literature brings together some of the best-known specialists and scholars on the topic of depression in literature worldwide to offer a multidisciplinary approach concerning the philosophical, theological, and literary narratives of depression over time and their approximations to the current, clinical understanding of Major Depressive Disorder. The authors clarify the ... Read more

    $96.99 USD

  • Hans Blumenberg's History and Philosophy of Science

    Edited by Alberto Fragio, Josefa Ros Velasco, Martina Philippi, Cornelius Borck ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book highlights and develops a hitherto neglected area of Hans Blumenberg's contributions, i.e., history and philosophy of science. It covers both Blumenberg’s works on the history of ideas and conceptual change, as well as his studies on transformative periods and his intellectual history of technology. Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) was one of the leading German philosophers after the Second ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

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    by Lars Svendsen ...
    Translated by Kerri Pierce ...
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  • Comic Relief

    A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor

    by John Morreall ...
    Series Book 27 - New Directions in Aesthetics
    Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humorOffers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humorReveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial, irrational, and ... Read more

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  • Narrative Medicine : Honoring the Stories of Illness

    Honoring the Stories of Illness

    by Rita Charon ...
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  • Theory of Mind and Literature

    Edited by Paula Leverage, Howard Mancing, Richard Schweickert ...
    Theory of Mind is what enables us to "put ourselves in another's shoes." It is mindreading, empathy, creative imagination of another's perspective: in short, it is simultaneously a highly sophisticated ability and a very basic necessity for human communication. Theory of Mind is central to such commercial endeavors as market research and product development, but it is also just as important in ... Read more

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