Bibliograph

The wandering mind, what Medieval monks tell us about distraction, Jamie Kreiner

Type

Label

The wandering mind, what Medieval monks tell us about distraction, Jamie Kreiner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The wandering mind

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1320809727

Responsibility statement

Jamie Kreiner

Sub title

what Medieval monks tell us about distraction

Summary

"A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge, and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later"--, Provided by publisher"The digital era is beset by distraction: we fantasize about escaping our screen, and recapturing a world with less noise. Kreiner demonstrates that the attempts of monks to contemplate the divine order and its ethical requirements were all-consuming, and their battles against distraction were never-ending. She believes that we can learn something about our own distractedness by looking closely at monks' strenuous efforts to concentrate. The result is an account of human fallibility and ingenuity that bridges a distant era and our own."--, Adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The world -- Community -- Body -- Books -- Memory -- Mind -- Conclusion

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