Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment - Rediscovering Passion Wonder

Richard Winter's critique of our "culture of entertainment" explores the nature, causes and effects of boredom and counteracts it with practical suggestions for living with passion and wonder.

About the author

Richard Winter was for many years professor of education at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. His research was mainly concerned with helping nurses, social workers and teachers to develop more reflective and creative methods of working with each other and with their patients / clients / students. For more than twenty years, he has studied and practised Buddhism and meditation at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, and he currently teaches meditation at the Buddhist Centre for students of the Cambridge University of the Third Age. His website, giving further details and publications, is www.richardwinter.net [1].
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[1] http://www.richardwinter.net

Product details

• Authors: Richard Winter
• Publisher: Ivp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2012
• EAN: 9780830823086
• ISBN: 978-0-8308-2308-6
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 213 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Theologie, Inspirational, RELIGION / Christian Life / Inspirational, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics