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Beyond Boredom and Anxiety

Experiencing Flow in Work and Play

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

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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