The Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness (Bloomsbury Handbooks)

__The Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness__ is the first major account integrating research on solitude, silence and loneliness from across academic disciplines and across the lifespan. The editors explore how being alone – in its different forms, positive and negative, as solitude, silence and loneliness – is learned and developed, and how it is experienced in childhood and youth, adulthood and old age. Philosophical, psychological, historical, cultural and religious issues are addressed by distinguished scholars from Europe, North and Latin America, and Asia. Foreword / Olivia Sagan -- Introduction: Personhood, alone and together / Julian Stern -- The philosophy of solitude / Piotr Domeracki -- Schooling and solitude / Helen Lees -- Solitude practices in the context of Catholic education / Michael Buchanan -- Solitude in nature / Amanda Fulford -- Working solitude : the value of wilderness time of leaders and would-be leaders / David Weir -- The politics of solitude / Henrieta Șerban and Aleksander Cywinski -- The art, music and literature of solitude / Julian Stern -- Solitude as a spiritual practice : perspectives from the Chinese tradition / Wong Ping Ho -- Solitude and religion : the space between / Gilliam Simpson -- Children and silence / Richard Cleveland -- Multifaceted silences in adolescence : implications for social cognition and mental health / Sandra Bosacki -- Creativity, concentration and silence / Teresa Olearczyk -- Silence and sexuality in school settings : a transnational perspective / Helen Sauntson and Rodrigo Borba -- Silence and educational places and spaces / Eva Alerby -- The quiet professional : on being alone/together in higher education / Anne Pirrie and Nini Fang -- Consciousness and loneliness / Ben Lazare Mijusovic -- The psychological implications of loneliness / Christopher A. Sink -- Loneliness in childhood / Sivan George-Levi, Tomer Schmidt-Barad and Malka Margalit -- Adult loneliness / Elzbieta Dubas -- The morality of loneliness / Jaroslaw Horowski -- Loneliness and dementia : the role of communication / Alison Wray -- Loneliness and care of the elderly / Rafal Iwanski -- Mortality and loneliness : towards less-lonely grief / Sarah James and Piotr Krakowiak -- Conclusion: Lifelong learning of aloneness / Julian Stern Contents 6 Illustrations 8 Contributors 9 Acknowledgements 15 Foreword 16 Introduction 20 Part I Solitude 30 Part I Introduction 32 1 The Philosophy of Solitude 38 2 Solitude and Schooling 53 3 Solitude Practices in the Context of Catholic Education 65 4 Solitude in Nature 77 5 Working Solitude: The Value of Wilderness Time for Leaders and Would-be Leaders 87 6 The Politics of Solitude 99 7 The Art, Music and Literature of Solitude 108 8 Solitude as a Spiritual Practice: Perspectives from the Chinese Tradition 123 9 Solitude and Religion: The Spaces Between 135 Part II Silence 148 Part II Introduction 150 10 Children and Silence 156 11 Multifaceted Silences in Adolescence 170 12 Creativity, Concentration and Silence 181 13 Silence and Sexuality in School Settings: A Transnational Perspective 193 14 Silence and Educational Places and Spaces 208 15 The Quiet Professional: On Being Alone/Together in Higher Education 219 Part III Loneliness 230 Part III Introduction 232 16 Consciousness and Loneliness 237 17 The Psychological Implications of Loneliness 255 18 Loneliness in Childhood 269 19 Adult Loneliness 280 20 The Morality of Loneliness 296 21 Loneliness and Dementia: The Role of Communication 307 22 Loneliness and Care of the Elderly 318 23 Mortality and Loneliness: Towards Less-lonely Grief 329 Conclusion: Lifelong Learning of Aloneness 342 Notes 354 Bibliography 359 Index 418 "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness is the first major account integrating research on solitude, silence and loneliness from across academic disciplines and across the lifespan. The editors explore how being alone - in its different forms, positive and negative, as solitude, silence and loneliness - is learned and developed, and how it is experienced in childhood and youth, adulthood and old age. Philosophical, psychological, historical, cultural and religious issues are addressed by distinguished scholars from Europe, North America and Asia"-- Provided by publisher.