Lars Svendsen Quotes

• A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the 'utopia' we are living in is boring.

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  Boredom, Bored, Boring

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• Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles.

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  Tradition, Lifestyle, Has Beens

  Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.79, Reaktion Books

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• Animals can be understimulated, but hardly bored.

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  Animal, Bored

  Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.32, Reaktion Books

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• Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound.

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  Profound, Boredom, Anthropomorphism

  Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.88, Reaktion Books

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• For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.

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  Bored, Fundamentals, Problem

  Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.116, Reaktion Books

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• One mood can be replaced by another, but it is impossible to leave attunement altogether. However, profound boredom brings us as close to a state of un-attunement as we can come.

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  Bored, Profound, Impossible

  Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.114, Reaktion Books

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