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Hardcover
Published: 28th March 2000
ISBN: 9780787951405
Number Of Pages: 272
Now in a special 25th anniversary edition and filled with brilliant wisdom and insights, Beyond Boredom and Anxiety offers a timeless introduction to the concept of flow and the scientific basis behind it-all through the work of one of the field's great scientists, Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi. Through real-life examples, discover how enjoyable activities provide a common experience-a satisfying, often exhilarating, feeling of creative accomplishment and heightened functioning-and under what conditions 'serious' work can also provide this intrinsic enjoyment.
"A stimulating and revolutionary book." --Journal of IndividualPsychology
"Beyond Boredom and Anxiety constitutes a major contribution to andcritique of the sociology of work." --Sociology
"A very exciting book about the phenomenology of intrinsicallymotivated behavior. Csikszentmihalyi has done a service bydirecting attention to the importance of intrinsic motivation andits relationship to enjoyment and alienation." --ContemporaryPsychology
ISBN: 9780787951405
ISBN-10: 0787951404
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: 28th March 2000
Publisher: JOSSEY BASS
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 16.0
x 2.0
Weight (kg): 0.54
Edition Number: 1
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