Alain Corbin (University of Paris I)

A History of Rest

Übersetzer: Morrison, Helen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Rest occupies a space outside of sleep and alertness: it is a form of recuperation but also of preparation for what is to come, and is a need felt by human and animal alike. Through the centuries, different and conflicting definitions and forms of rest have blossomed, ranging from heavenly repose to what is prescribed for the modern affliction of burn-out. What has remained constant is its importance: long the subject of art and literature, everyone understands the need not to disturb the aimless, languishing, daydreaming Lotus-eater...This new book, as original as Corbin's other histories of neglected aspects of human life, pans the long evolution of rest in a highly readable and engaging style." --

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 145mm x 223mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781509561520
• ISBN-10: 1509561528
• Artikelnr.: 69869108

Autorenporträt

Alain Corbin is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Sabbath and heavenly rest
2. Eternal rest, the foundation stone of this history
3. Rest and quietude
4. Retreat and retirement in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, or the
art of being able 'to forge' a tranquil rest for yourself
Interlude: Charles V
5. Disgrace, an opportunity for rest
6. Rest in the midst of confinement
7. The quest for comfort; new approaches to rest in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries.
8. Prelude: rest in the midst of nature
9. A rest for the land
10. Sunday rest and 'the demon rest'
11. Fatigue and rest
12. Therapeutic rest from the end of the nineteenth to the middle of the
twentieth century
Conclusion