The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction / Matthew B. Crawford.
Title:
The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction / Matthew B. Crawford.
ISBN:
9780374292980
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Physical Description:
x, 305 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction : Attention as a cultural problem -- Pt. I. Encountering things -- The jug, the nudge, and local ecology -- Embodied perception -- Virtual reality as moral ideal -- Attention and design -- Autism as a design principle : Gambling -- Interlude : A brief history of freedom -- Pt. II. Other people -- On being led out -- Encountering things with other people -- Achieving individuality -- The culture of performance -- The erotics of attention -- The flattening -- The statistical self -- Pt. III. Inheritance -- The organ makers' shop -- Epilogue : Reclaiming the real.
Summary:
"Crawford investigates the challenge of mastering one's own mind by showing that our current crisis of attention is only superficially the result of digital technology, and certain assumptions at the root of Western culture are the root of the cause"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
ocn903811577
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