An edition of Distraction (2008)

Distraction

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Distraction
Damon Young
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An edition of Distraction (2008)

Distraction

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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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Publisher
Routledge
Language
English
Pages
178

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Cover of: Distraction
Distraction
2016, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Distraction
Distraction
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Distraction
Distraction
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Distraction
Distraction
2014, Routledge
in English
Cover of: Distraction
Distraction
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Distraction
Distraction
2010, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Distraction
Distraction
March 1, 2008, Melbourne University Publishing
Paperback in English

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Table of Contents

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
8. Balancing the books.

Edition Notes

Originally published in 2008 by Melbourne University Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Abingdon, Oxon
Series
Art of living series, Art of living series (Acumen Publishing)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
153.4, 153.4
Library of Congress
BF323.D5 Y68 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (vi, 178 pages)
Number of pages
178

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44079884M
ISBN 10
1315710196
ISBN 13
9781315710198
OCLC/WorldCat
958107865

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