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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Choice Review     Summary     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hitz, Zena, 1973- author.     Subjects     Thought and thinking     Intellectual life     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hitz, Zena, 1973- author.       by title:      Lost in thought : th...         MARC Display

Lost in thought : the hidden pleasures of an intellectual life / Zena Hitz. by Hitz, Zena, 1973- author. Princeton University Press, 2020. Subjects Thought and thinking   Intellectual life Summary note:  "In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody are judged by their 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"-- Provided by publisher. Description:  226 pages ; 22 cm Contents:  How washing dishes restored my intellectual life -- Learning, leisure, and happiness -- A refuge from the world -- Learning lost and found -- The uses of uselessness -- The everyday intellectual. ISBN:  9780691178714 0691178712 9780691189239 Additional Physical Form:  Online version: Hitz, Zena, 1973- Lost in thought Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020. (DLC) 2019044298   Copy/Holding information Collection Call No. Volume Copy Status Due Date   Alumni Collection B105.T54 H58 2020 0 c. 01 Checked out 05/25/2024 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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