Concept

Escapism

Overview

Escapism is mental diversion from unpleasant aspects of daily life, typically through activities involving imagination or entertainment. Escapism also may be used to occupy one's self away from persistent feelings of depression or general sadness.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Escapism

• Drew Dalton

Related ideas

• J. R. R. Tolkien
• Mood (psychology)
• Life (magazine)
• Music
• Great Depression
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Sigmund Freud
• Capitalism
• Ernst Bloch
• C. S. Lewis
• Juvenal
• Depression (mood)
• Imagination

Place in the tradition

Part of Transhumanism.

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