{"product_id":"lost-in-thought-by-zena-hitz-9780691229195","title":"Lost in Thought","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatheos,\u003c\/i\u003e John Ehrett's The Best Books I Read This Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeminary Co-Op,\u003c\/i\u003e Notable books for 2020, Notable Top 12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZena Hitz, Winner of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities, The Dallas Institute\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life, whether that of a bookworm, an amateur astronomer, a birdwatcher, or someone who takes a deep interest in one of countless other subjects. Drawing on inspiring examples, from Socrates and Augustine to Malcolm X and Elena Ferrante, and from films to Hitz's own experiences as someone who walked away from elite university life in search of greater fulfilment, \u003ci\u003eLost in Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate and timely reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, when even the humanities are often defended only for their economic or political usefulness, Hitz says our intellectual lives are valuable not despite but because of their practical uselessness. And while anyone can have an intellectual life, she encourages academics in particular to get back in touch with the desire to learn for its own sake, and calls on universities to return to the person-to-person transmission of the habits of mind and heart that bring out the best in us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReminding us of who we once were and who we might become, \u003ci\u003eLost in Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[An] important book in which [Hitz] reminds us that the humanities are about humanity, and essentially about cultivating an inner life.' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eParadigm Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[In \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost in Thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e] Hitz is asking the right questions...The question at its heart is disarmingly simple and deeply engaging: What should we do with ourselves.' - Jonathan Marks, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471083290860,"sku":"9780691229195","price":47.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691229195-lost-in-thought.jpg?v=1775233584","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lost-in-thought-by-zena-hitz-9780691229195","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}