January 6th, 2009 at 11:53pm |
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote a marvelous book called Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. In it, he describes the ease and flow of our spirits when we have achieved an optimal level of competence in doing our lives and our jobs. With flow comes the success of doing a job well, but also the intense focus [...]
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December 13th, 2008 at 12:47pm |
To show my pedigree a little bit, I have edited the Holidailies writing prompt for today a la Bourdieu. (Bill if you’re reading this, I’m giving a little Gallic shrug as I type.) (Keep reading below the cut. There’s free beer!)
Pierre Bourdieu wrote about meconnaisance, which translates as mis-remembering. This literary and philosophical construct posits [...]
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