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Zusatztext This handbook invites us to think about solitude and loneliness in a variety of ways, sometimes converging and sometimes diverging in a very productive and stimulating way. Informationen zum Autor Julian Stern is Professor of Education and Religion at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. He is President of ISRS: the International Society for Research on Solitude. Christopher A. Sink is Research Associate, Western Washington University Department of Psychology, USA. Wong Ping Ho is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of International Education at The Education University of Hong Kong (formerly the Hong Kong Institute of Education), China. Malgorzata Walejko is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Szczecin, Poland. Vorwort The book examines philosophical, psychological, historical, cultural and religious perspectives on solitude, silence and loneliness from across academic disciplines and across the lifespan. Zusammenfassung The Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness is the first major account integrating research on solitude, silence and loneliness from across academic disciplines and across the lifespan. The editors explore how being alone – in its different forms, positive and negative, as solitude, silence and loneliness – is learned and developed, and how it is experienced in childhood and youth, adulthood and old age. Philosophical, psychological, historical, cultural and religious issues are addressed by distinguished scholars from Europe, North and Latin America, and Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword, Olivia Sagan (Queen Margaret University, UK) Introduction: Personhood, Alone and Together, Julian Stern (Bishop Grosseteste University, UK) Part I: Solitude Part I Introduction, Malgorzata Walejko (University of Szczecin, Poland) 1. The Philosophy of Solitude, Piotr Domeracki (University in Torun, Poland) 2. Schooling and Solitude, Helen Lees (Editor-in-Chief, Other Education: A Journal of Alternative Education) 3. Solitude Practices in the Context of Catholic Education, Michael Buchanan (Australian Catholic University, Australia) 4. Solitude in Nature, Amanda Fulford (Edge Hill University, UK) 5. Working Solitude: The Value of Wilderness Time of Leaders and Would-Be Leaders, David Weir (York St John University, UK) 6. The Politics of Solitude, Henrieta Serban (Romanian Academy, Romania) and Aleksander Cywinski (University of Szczecin, Poland) 7. The Art, Music and Literature of Solitude, Julian Stern (Bishop Grosseteste University, UK) 8. Solitude as a Spiritual Practice: Perspectives from the Chinese Tradition, Wong Ping Ho (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China) 9. Solitude and Religion: The Space Between, Gillian Simpson (York St John University, UK) Part II: Silence Part II Introduction, Wong Ping Ho (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China) 10. Children and Silence, Richard Cleveland (Georgia Southern University, USA) 11. Multifaceted Silences in Adolescence: Implications for Social Cognition and Mental Health, Sandra Bosacki (Brock University, Canada) 12. Creativity, Concentration and Silence, Teresa Olearczyk (Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Poland) 13. Silence and Sexuality in School Settings: A Transnational Perspective, Helen Sauntson (York St John University, UK) and Rodrigo Borba (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 14. Silence and Educational Places and Spaces, Eva Alerby (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden) 15. The Quiet Professional: On Being Alone/Together in Higher Education, Anne Pirrie (University of the West of Scotland, UK) and Nini Fang (University of Edin...
