The Resource The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction, Matthew B. Crawford
The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction, Matthew B. Crawford
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The item The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction, Matthew B. Crawford represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction, Matthew B. Crawford represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
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- 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"--Publisher information
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 305 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : Attention as a cultural problem
- pt. I. Encountering things : The jig, 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
- Isbn
- 9780374292980
- Label
- The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction
- Title
- The world beyond your head
- Title remainder
- on becoming an individual in an age of distraction
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew B. Crawford
- Title variation
- On becoming an individual in an age of distraction
- Subject
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- trueCommercialization
- trueCommon good
- trueConsumerism
- Distraction (Psychology)
- trueDistraction (Psychology)
- trueHandicraft
- trueIndividualism -- Social aspects
- Individuality -- Social aspects
- Individuality -- Social aspects
- Mind and body
- PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology
- truePersonal conduct
- truePhilosophy
- trueQuality of life
- trueSelf -- Social aspects
- Self -- Social aspects
- trueSkills
- trueMind and body
- trueAttention
- Language
- eng
- 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"--Publisher information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10408869
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crawford, Matthew B
- Dewey number
- 155.2
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Self
- Individuality
- Distraction (Psychology)
- Mind and body
- PHILOSOPHY
- PSYCHOLOGY
- Distraction (Psychology)
- Individuality
- Mind and body
- Self
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- on becoming an individual in an age of distraction
- Label
- The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction, Matthew B. Crawford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Introduction : Attention as a cultural problem -- pt. I. Encountering things : The jig, 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
- Control code
- ocn903811577
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374292980
- Lccn
- 2015933043
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 99962392840
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903811577
- Label
- The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction, Matthew B. Crawford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : Attention as a cultural problem -- pt. I. Encountering things : The jig, 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
- Control code
- ocn903811577
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374292980
- Lccn
- 2015933043
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 99962392840
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903811577
Subject
- trueCommercialization
- trueCommon good
- trueConsumerism
- Distraction (Psychology)
- trueDistraction (Psychology)
- trueHandicraft
- trueIndividualism -- Social aspects
- Individuality -- Social aspects
- Individuality -- Social aspects
- Mind and body
- PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology
- truePersonal conduct
- truePhilosophy
- trueQuality of life
- trueSelf -- Social aspects
- Self -- Social aspects
- trueSkills
- trueMind and body
- trueAttention
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