Republic of noise
the loss of solitude in schools and culture
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- ISBN-139781610484114
- ISBN-139781610484138
- ISBN-101610484118
- ISBN-101610484134
- Library of Congress Control Number2011035358
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- OCLC Control Number744300588
- Better World Books9781610484114
- Better World Books9781610484138
- Better World BooksP8-BVU-565
- Open LibraryOL25032966M
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- DDC370.15/23
- LCCLB1027.23 .S46 2011
- LCCLB1027.23 .S46 2012
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- LCCLB1027.23.S46 2011
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"In this book, Diana Senechal confronts a culture that has come to depend on instant updates and communication at the expense of solitude. Schools today emphasize rapid group work and fragmented activity, not the thoughtful study of complex subjects. The Internet offers contact with others throughout the day and night; we lose the ability to be apart, even in our minds. Yet solitude plays an essential role in literature, education, democracy, relationships, and matters of conscience. Throughout its analyses and argument, the book calls not for drastic changes but for a subtle shift: an attitude that honors solitude without descending into dogma"-- Provided by publisher.
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