Beyond Boredom and Anxiety
Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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
Dimensions: 239mm x 161mm x 27mm
Weight: 476g
272 pages
25th Anniversary Edition