Netta Weinstein, Heather Hansen, Thuy-Vy T. Nguyen

Solitude (eBook, ePUB)

The Science and Power of Being Alone

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009256629
• Artikelnr.: 70914050

Autorenporträt

Netta Weinstein is an internationally recognized psychologist and director of the European Research Council's 'Solitude: Alone but Resilient' (SOAR) project. Her research focuses on motivation and well-being. She is also Professor of Psychology at the University of Reading and an associate researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

A note to the reader; Introduction; 1. Solitude is not just for hermits, poets, and billionaires; 2. Everyday solitude for everyday people; 3. What makes solitude great?; 4. Mapping the benefits of solitude; 5. What's choice got to do with it?; 6. Balancing solitude with social time; 7. Super/natural solitude; 8. Finding your happy place in solitude; 9. Can we get better at being alone?; 10. Solitude across a lifetime.

Rezensionen

'Evocative prose helps convey the shifting realities of solitude as experienced by both the interview subjects and the authors ... It's an illuminating take on a fundamental aspect of being human.' Publishers Weekly