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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHitz, Zena
_eautore
245 1 0 _aLost in Thought :
_bThe Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life /
_cZena Hitz.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource (240 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tPrologue. HOW WASHING DISHES RESTORED MY INTELLECTUAL LIFE --
_tIntroduction. LEARNING, LEISURE, AND HAPPINESS --
_tCHAPTER 1. A Refuge from the World --
_tCHAPTER 2. Learning Lost and Found --
_tCHAPTER 3. The Uses of Uselessness --
_tEpilogue. THE EVERYDAY INTELLECTUAL --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tNOTES --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAn 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.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
650 0 _aIntellectual life.
650 0 _aThought and thinking.
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY / General.
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653 _aCultivating Humanity.
653 _aExcellent Sheep.
653 _aFareed Zakaria.
653 _aIn Defense of Liberal Education.
653 _aMartha Nussbaum.
653 _aMatthew Crawford.
653 _aNot for Profit.
653 _aShop Class as Soulcraft.
653 _aWilliam Deresiewicz.
653 _aacademic memoir.
653 _abooks for book lovers.
653 _acritique of education.
653 _agifts for students.
653 _ainspirational books for students.
653 _aintellectual pursuits.
653 _alay intellectuals.
653 _alife of the mind.
653 _alove of learning.
653 _amemoir of education.
653 _apurpose of education.
653 _auses of education.
653 _avalue of education.
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