| The Problem of Distraction Contributor(s): North, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804775389 ISBN-13: 9780804775380 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology |
| Dewey: 128.3 |
| LCCN: 2010051611 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rejecting the current conflation of distraction with diversion, this book presents the first genealogy of the concept from Aristotle to Kafka, Heidegger, and Benjamin's early twentieth-century use of distraction to revolutionize the humanities. |