dc.description.abstract | The everyday life during the Modern period becomes a particularly
researched and discussed topic. With all of its subtopics it provokes a new
thinking about the ordinary person's life. As a result of the military period “the
bored person” becomes a stable topic, also boredom, indifference and apathy
begin to work as protective mechanisms of the Self. The following article
depicts boredom as an inevitable part of the everyday life through Svetoslav
Minkov’s work “The Clock”, it considers its internal variety, as well as its
productivity; the article reveals boredom as the subconscious drive of the Self
and outlines its enlightening function. | en_US |