
Distraction
Damon Young(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 25. April 2016
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-138-14401-9 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-14401-9 (9781138144019)
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Person
Damon Young
Content
Acknowledgements 1. Manholes and Tears 2. What a Piece of Work Is a Man 3. The Reins of Necessity 4. A Farewell to Arms 5. Matisse's Hernia 6. The Private Life 7. Footnotes to Plato Balancing the Books