Mindfulness - Couverture rigide

Langer, Ellen J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0002720612 ISBN 13 : 9780002720618

Editeur : The Harvill Press, 1991

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Stretches our minds in startling new directions.”

Howard Gardner

Ellen Langer has succeeded in writing a book that, in one bite, manages to be scientifically interesting, immensely practical, and dramatically absorbing. It is about the mindsets that lead human beings even the smartest of them to become stupid and mindless.' Its power as drama in demonstrating that mindlessness leads not only to the banality of dullness, but to a giving up of life itself. In a series of fascinating research studies, Dr. Langer demonstrates that the young can be made more creative, the man in charge made more effective, and the elderly kept from giving in to and dying of their age.”

Jerome Bruner, author of Actual Minds, Possible Worlds

One simply can't finish this book and not see the world in the same way.”

Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School
"A provocative, engaging essay on the relation between our mindstates and our actions, by an astute and irrepressible social scientist who obviously  enjoys playing with bold ideas."

Jerome Kagan, Harvard University



A landmark work of social psychology.”

Booklist

"Langer. . . .has shown us the power of mindfulness."

Psychology Today

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Ellen J. Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life.

In this thought provoking audiobook, her research has been "translated" for the lay listener. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless--as opposed to the mindful--develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, stressing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives.

Langer discusses the negative impact of mindsets on business and social relations, showing special concern for the elderly, who often suffer from learned helplessness and lack of options.

Encouraging the application of mindfulness to health, the author affirms that placebos and alternative, mind-based therapies can help patients and addicts move from unhealthy to healthy contexts.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Harvill Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0002720612
• ISBN 13: 9780002720618
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256