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The wandering mind : what Medieval monks tell us about distraction / Jamie Kreiner.

Kreiner, Jamie, 1982- (author., Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781631498053
  • ISBN: 1631498053
  • Physical Description: 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- The world -- Community -- Body -- Books -- Memory -- Mind -- Conclusion.
Subject: Distraction (Psychology) > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Monroe County Libraries.

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Hughes Library 206.57 KRE (Text) 32378005190097 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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