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Distraction - Couverture souple

Livre 15 sur 18: The Art of Living

Young, Damon

 
9781844652549: Distraction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1844652548 ISBN 13 : 9781844652549
Editeur : Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But what is distraction? In his lucid, timely book, Damon Young shows that distraction is more than too many stimuli, or too little attention. It is actually a matter of value - to be distracted is to be torn away from what is worthwhile in life. And for Young, what is most worthwhile is freedom: not simply rights or legal liberties, but the capacity to patiently, creatively craft one's own life. Exploring the lives of such luminaries as Henri Matisse, Karl Marx, Seneca and Henry James, Young exposes distraction in work, technology, art, politics and intimacy. With warmth and wit, he reveals what is most valuable, and what is best avoided, in the pursuit of a life of one's own.

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À propos de l'auteur

Damon Young is an Honorary Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844652548
ISBN 13 
9781844652549
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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