Lost in thought (Record no. 58882)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780691229195
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number 130.1
Item number HITZ
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Hitz, Zena,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Lost in thought
Sub Title The hidden pleasures of an intellectual life
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New Jersey
Name of publisher Princeton University
Year of publication 2020
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 228 p.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Thought and thinking.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Intellectual life.
690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN)
Topical term or geographic name as entry element General
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Koha item type BOOKS
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Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Current library Shelving location Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
        IMSc Library First Floor, Rack No: 1, Shelf No: 6 130 HITZ 76038 BOOKS
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

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