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Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Description for Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
Hardcover. This is the 25th anniversary edition of the original presentation of the concept of "flow" - the state of peak enjoyment experienced by rock climbers, dancers, basketball players, surgeons and others. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMM; WSDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
527g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787951405
SKU
V9780787951405
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99-50
About Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI, Ph.D., professor and former chair of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago, is currently the Davidson Professor of Management at Claremont Graduate University and director of the Quality of Life Research Center. He is author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990), Creativing: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (1993), and Finding ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
"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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more