Digital Libraries

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

How to Be Alone

By: Publisher: London; Macmillan; 2014Description: 162 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780230768086
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.92
Summary: Sara Maitland asks how we have arrived in a culture that values individualism, personal autonomy, independence and fulfilment higher than ever before in human history but at the same time is terrified of solitude. Delving into history to answer this question, she examines our changing culture through the ages and asks why and how we have periodically praised and then feared the practice of being alone, and those who seek it.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Psychology 155.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC018804
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Psychology 155.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC028044
Total holds: 0

Sara Maitland asks how we have arrived in a culture that values individualism, personal autonomy, independence and fulfilment higher than ever before in human history but at the same time is terrified of solitude. Delving into history to answer this question, she examines our changing culture through the ages and asks why and how we have periodically praised and then feared the practice of being alone, and those who seek it.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.