This Book Investigates One Of The Central Preoccupations Of Our Age As It Probes The Nature Of Boredom, How It Originated, How And Why It Afflicts Us, And Why We Cannot Seem To Overcome It By Any Act Of Will. Lars Svendsen Brings Together Observations From Philosophy, Literature, Psychology, Theology And Popular Culture.--jacket. 1. The Problem Of Boredom -- 2. Stories Of Boredom -- 3. The Phenomenology Of Boredom -- 4. The Ethics Of Boredom. Lars Svendsen ; Translated By John Irons. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 157-176).