ISBN |
9781509559589 (hardback) |
9781509559596 (paperback) |
Name |
Brinkmann, Svend author. |
Uniform title |
Tænk. English |
Title |
Think : in defense of a thoughtful life / Svend Brinkmann ; translated by Tam McTurk. |
Published |
Cambridge ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity, [2024] |
©2024 |
Description |
125 pages ; 22 cm |
Notes |
Originally published in Danish as Taænk © Svend Brinkmann & Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 2022. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125). |
Contents |
What do you think? -- Why has it become difficult to think? -- Happiness is a thoughtful life -- Thinking as formation -- Where does thinking come from? -- How to think. |
Summary |
A defining feature of being human is our ability to think. We refer to ourselves, after all, as homo sapiens. But in a world where experiencing and achieving as much as possible is the number one preoccupation, there is little room for reflection. Technology is also making everything easier, eroding the need for us to think at all. Of course deep, critical thinking can be difficult, sometimes painful, and it demands time. But it is fundamental to our well-being. In this new book, bestselling philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann argues for a return to the thoughtful life, where we learn to think well, to think deeply, to lose ourselves in reverie and tune in to our inner voice. By spending time in our thoughts and letting them wander freely, we will discover that thinking is one of the most enriching things we can do in life and one of the most human too. |
Language note |
In english, translated from the Danish. |
Subjects |
Thought and thinking |
Cognitive psychology |
Other Names |
McTurk, Tam translator. |
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