Hold on : the life, science, and art of waiting /

What do you do when you're not asleep and when you're not eating? You're most likely waiting - to finish work, to get home, to finish your chores. This book is not really about how to manage all that waiting, it's a book describing how many people experience waiting. Waiting, whi...

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Life, science, and art of waiting
1. Verfasser:
Toohey, Peter
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Zusammenfassung:
What do you do when you're not asleep and when you're not eating? You're most likely waiting - to finish work, to get home, to finish your chores. This book is not really about how to manage all that waiting, it's a book describing how many people experience waiting. Waiting, which is sculpted by the passing of time, is an experience just as much as it is a situation. In this book I'll be focusing on the experience, on how it feels to wait. This experience can encompass such things as hesitation and curiosity, dithering and procrastination, hunting and being hunted, fearing and being feared, dread and illness, courting and parenting, anticipation and excitement, listening to and even performing music, being religious, being happy or unhappy, being bored and being boring, doing business and making decisions (all of which I'll discuss).
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2020.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-008363-8
0-19-008364-6
0-19-008362-X
Schlagworte:
Waiting (Philosophy)
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