In an age of innumerable, intense diversions, Young argues, we need to be clearer than ever about what is important and not be distracted when seeking it.
In an age of innumerable, intense diversions, Young argues, we need to be clearer than ever about what is important and not be distracted when seeking...
Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But what is distraction? In his lucid, timely book, Damon Young shows that distraction is more than too many stimuli, or too little attention. It is actually a matter of value - to be distracted is to be torn away from what is worthwhile in life. And for Young, what is most worthwhile is freedom: not simply rights or legal liberties, but the capacity to patiently, creatively craft one's own life....
Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at hom...
This is the first substantial academic book to lay out the philosophical terrain within the study of the martial arts and to explore the significance of this fascinating subject for contemporary philosophy.
The book is divided into three sections. The first section concerns what philosophical reflection can teach us about the martial arts, and especially the nature and value of its practice. The second section deals with the other direction of the dialectical interplay between philosophy and the martial arts: how the martial arts can inform philosophical issues important in their...
This is the first substantial academic book to lay out the philosophical terrain within the study of the martial arts and to explore the significan...
