The World Beyond Your Head
How to Flourish in an Age of Distraction
(Sprache: Englisch)
From Matthew Crawford, 'one of the most influential thinkers of our time' (Sunday Times), comes The World Beyond Your Head - a hugely ambitious manifesto on flourishing in the modern world.In this brilliant follow-up to The Case for Working with Your Hands,...
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From Matthew Crawford, 'one of the most influential thinkers of our time' (Sunday Times), comes The World Beyond Your Head - a hugely ambitious manifesto on flourishing in the modern world.In this brilliant follow-up to The Case for Working with Your Hands, Crawford investigates the challenge of mastering one's own mind. With ever-increasing demands on our attention, how do we focus on what's really important in our lives?Exploring the intense focus of ice-hockey players, the zoned-out behaviour of gambling addicts, and the inherited craft of building pipe organs, Crawford argues that our current crisis of attention is the result of long-held assumptions in Western culture and that in order to flourish, we need to establish meaningful connections with the world, the people around us and the historical moment we live in.Praise for The Case for Working With Your Hands:'The best book I have read for Ages... . . . a profound exploration of modern education, work and capitalism' Telegraph'Full of interesting stories and thought-provoking aperçus enlivened with humour . . . Important, memorable and enjoyable' The Times 'Masterly' EconomistMatthew Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic. He has a Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Chicago and served as a postdoctoral fellow on its Committee on Social Thought. Currently a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, he also runs Shockoe Moto, a motorcycle repair shop.
Autoren-Porträt von Matthew B. Crawford
Matthew B. Crawford, promovierter Philosoph und Motorradmechaniker, studierte politische Philosophie an der University of Chicago und war dort Fellow am Commitee on Social Thought. Zurzeit lehrt er am University of Virginia s Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture und arbeitet als Motorradmechaniker in seiner eigenen Reparaturwerkstatt Shockoe Moto in Richmond, Virginia.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Matthew B. Crawford
- 2015, 320 Seiten, Maße: 13,6 x 21,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 024101848X
- ISBN-13: 9780241018484
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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