SOLITUDE EB
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SOLITUDE EB

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eBook - ePub

SOLITUDE EB

About this book

'Brings excellent news for those who, whatever their reasons for doing so, live alone … Heartening' Anita Brookner, Spectator

'Storr is an incapable of writing an uninteresting paragraph' Sunday Times'

How can we find value in spending time alone?

Many of the history's geniuses were, by nature or circumstance, often solitary. Beethoven, Beatrix Potter, Henry James, Wittgenstein, Kipling. In this book, acclaimed psychiatrist Dr Anthony Storr explores the psychological value of spending time alone. How can we reconnect with what matters to us outside of our social relationships? How can we find an emotional difference between being alone and being lonely?

Insightful and inspiring, this is a book that can help us feel more comfortable spending time alone, and show how to use solitude to focus on our interests, values and creative energies beyond the social sphere.

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Yes, you can access SOLITUDE EB by Anthony Storr in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Creative Ability in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780006543497
eBook ISBN
9780007385669
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Creative Ability in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 – The Significance of Human Relationships
  6. 2 – The Capacity to be Alone
  7. 3 – The Uses of Solitude
  8. 4 – Enforced Solitude
  9. 5 – The Hunger of Imagination
  10. 6 – The Significance of the Individual
  11. 7 – Solitude and Temperament
  12. 8 – Separation, Isolation, and the Growth of Imagination
  13. 9 – Bereavement, Depression and Repair
  14. 10 – The Search for Coherence
  15. 11 – The Third Period
  16. 12 – The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole
  17. References
  18. Epigraphs
  19. Index
  20. Acknowledgements
  21. About the Author
  22. Also by the Author
  23. About the Publisher