TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hitz,Zena
TI  - Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life 
SN  - 9780691178714
AV  - B105.T54 
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Cultivating Humanity
KW  - Excellent Sheep
KW  - Fareed Zakaria
KW  - In Defense of Liberal Education
KW  - Martha Nussbaum
KW  - Matthew Crawford
KW  - Not for Profit
KW  - Shop Class as Soulcraft
KW  - William Deresiewicz
KW  - academic memoir
KW  - books for book lovers
KW  - critique of education
KW  - gifts for students
KW  - inspirational books for students
KW  - intellectual pursuits
KW  - lay intellectuals
KW  - life of the mind
KW  - love of learning
KW  - memoir of education
KW  - purpose of education
KW  - uses of education
KW  - value of education
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Prologue. HOW WASHING DISHES RESTORED MY INTELLECTUAL LIFE --; Introduction. LEARNING, LEISURE, AND HAPPINESS --; CHAPTER 1. A Refuge from the World --; CHAPTER 2. Learning Lost and Found --; CHAPTER 3. The Uses of Uselessness --; Epilogue. THE EVERYDAY INTELLECTUAL --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; NOTES --; INDEX; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life of learningIn an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life, whether that of a bookworm, an amateur astronomer, a birdwatcher, or someone who takes a deep interest in one of countless other subjects. Drawing on inspiring examples, from Socrates and Augustine to Malcolm X and Elena Ferrante, and from films to Hitz's own experiences as someone who walked away from elite university life in search of greater fulfillment, Lost in Thought is a passionate and timely reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought.Today, when even the humanities are often defended only for their economic or political usefulness, Hitz says our intellectual lives are valuable not despite but because of their practical uselessness. And while anyone can have an intellectual life, she encourages academics in particular to get back in touch with the desire to learn for its own sake, and calls on universities to return to the person-to-person transmission of the habits of mind and heart that bring out the best in us.Reminding us of who we once were and who we might become, Lost in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691189239?locatt=mode:legacy
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