Attention: Beyond Mindfulness by Watson, Gay
Attention: Beyond Mindfulness by Watson, Gay

Attention: Beyond Mindfulness

A suitably engrossing investigation of attention through many disciplines and ways of life, from neuroscience to surfing....
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SKU: 9781789149241
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Author: Gay Watson
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Language: English
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Attention: Beyond Mindfulness by Watson, Gay

Attention: Beyond Mindfulness

$40.78
Attention: Beyond Mindfulness by Watson, Gay

Attention: Beyond Mindfulness

$40.78
Author: Gay Watson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A suitably engrossing investigation of attention through many disciplines and ways of life, from neuroscience to surfing.

If there is one thing we are short on these days, it's attention. Attention is central to everything we do and think, yet it is mostly an intangible force, an invisible thing that connects us as subjects with the world around us. We pay attention to this or that, let our attention wander--we even stand at attention from time to time--yet rarely do we attend to attention itself. In this book, Gay Watson does just that, musing on attention as one of our most human impulses.

As Watson shows, the way we think about attention is usually through its instrumentality, by what can be achieved if we give something enough of it--say, a crisply written report, a newly built bookcase, or even a satisfied child who has yearned for engagement. Yet in losing ourselves to the objects of our fixation, we often neglect the process of attention itself. Exploring everything from attention's effects on our neurons to attention deficit disorder, from the mindfulness movement to the relationship between attention and creativity, Watson examines attention in action through many disciplines and ways of life. Along the way, she offers interviews with an astonishing cast of creative people--from composers to poets to artists to psychologists--including John Luther Adams, Stephen Batchelor, Sue Blackmore, Guy Claxton, Edmund de Waal, Rick Hanson, Jane Hirshfield, Wayne Macgregor, Iain McGilchrist, Garry Fabian Miller, Alice and Peter Oswald, Ruth Ozeki, and James Turrell.

A valuable and timely account of something central to our lives yet all too often neglected, this book will appeal to anyone who has felt their attention under threat in the clamors of modern life.

Author: Gay Watson
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 11/01/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Size: 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781789149241

About the Author
Gay Watson is the author of several books, including A Philosophy of Emptiness, also published by Reaktion Books. She splits her time between the United Kingdom and California.

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