"Combining philosophy and literature, this book considers distraction not as an imperfection, but as a mental state with political and aesthetic potential"--
"Combining philosophy and literature, this book considers distraction not as an imperfection, but as a mental state with political and aesthetic potential"--
Alessandra Aloisi is Lecturer in French Literature and Thought at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages of the University of Oxford, UK. She is co-editor, with M. Piazza and M. Sinclair, of Maine de Biran's 'Of Immediate Apperception' (Bloomsbury, 2020).
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Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Divertissement 1. Montaigne and Pascal, or the Difference between Ethics and Morality 2. The Sublime Misanthropist 3. A Man Alone in a Room 4. Maine de Biran Criticizing (Voltaire Criticizing) Pascal 5. Assault on the Inner Citadel 6. Chasing a Hare 7. The Theory of Pleasure Chapter 2: The Power of Flies 1. Augustine and Pascal 2. Serendipity 3. A Distracted Mathematician 4. Distraction and Trains of Thought 5. What is Essential is (In)visible to the Eye 6. Involuntary Memory 7. The Spider and the Connoisseur 8. 'The Entire History of You' Chapter 3: Rêverie 1. Dreams, Reveries, and Fantasies 2. Reveries and Childhood 3. Journey, Movement, and Solitude 4. Distraction and Automatism 5. The System of the Soul and the Beast, or the Dangers of Distraction 6. Distraction and Somnambulism 7. Reveries and the History of Madness 8. Distraction and Common Sense 9. Idleness and Laziness Conclusion: Distraction and Laughter Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Divertissement 1. Montaigne and Pascal, or the Difference between Ethics and Morality 2. The Sublime Misanthropist 3. A Man Alone in a Room 4. Maine de Biran Criticizing (Voltaire Criticizing) Pascal 5. Assault on the Inner Citadel 6. Chasing a Hare 7. The Theory of Pleasure Chapter 2: The Power of Flies 1. Augustine and Pascal 2. Serendipity 3. A Distracted Mathematician 4. Distraction and Trains of Thought 5. What is Essential is (In)visible to the Eye 6. Involuntary Memory 7. The Spider and the Connoisseur 8. 'The Entire History of You' Chapter 3: Rêverie 1. Dreams, Reveries, and Fantasies 2. Reveries and Childhood 3. Journey, Movement, and Solitude 4. Distraction and Automatism 5. The System of the Soul and the Beast, or the Dangers of Distraction 6. Distraction and Somnambulism 7. Reveries and the History of Madness 8. Distraction and Common Sense 9. Idleness and Laziness Conclusion: Distraction and Laughter Bibliography Index
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