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The Problem of Distraction
Paul North
The Problem of Distraction
Paul North
Rejecting the current conflation of distraction with diversion, this book presents the first genealogy of the concept from Aristotle to Kafka, Heidegger, and Benjamin's early twentieth-century use of distraction to revolutionize the humanities.
272 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 19, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780804775380 |
Publishers | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 431 g |