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.
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.
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List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword, Olivia Sagan (Queen Margaret University, UK)
Introduction: Personhood, Alone and Together, Julian Stern (Bishop
Grosseteste University, UK)
Part I: Solitude
Part I Introduction, Malgorzata Walejko (University of Szczecin,
Poland)
1. The Philosophy of Solitude, Piotr Domeracki (University in
Torun, Poland)
2. Schooling and Solitude, Helen Lees (Editor-in-Chief, Other
Education: A Journal of Alternative Education)
3. Solitude Practices in the Context of Catholic Education, Michael
Buchanan (Australian Catholic
University, Australia)
4. Solitude in Nature, Amanda Fulford (Edge Hill University,
UK)
5. Working Solitude: The Value of Wilderness Time of Leaders and
Would-Be Leaders, David Weir (York St John University, UK)
6. The Politics of Solitude, Henrieta Serban (Romanian Academy,
Romania) and Aleksander Cywinski (University of Szczecin,
Poland)
7. The Art, Music and Literature of Solitude, Julian Stern (Bishop
Grosseteste University, UK)
8. Solitude as a Spiritual Practice: Perspectives from the Chinese
Tradition, Wong Ping Ho (The Education University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, China)
9. Solitude and Religion: The Space Between, Gillian Simpson (York
St John University, UK)
Part II: Silence
Part II Introduction, Wong Ping Ho (The Education University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
10. Children and Silence, Richard Cleveland (Georgia Southern
University, USA)
11. Multifaceted Silences in Adolescence: Implications for Social
Cognition and Mental Health, Sandra Bosacki (Brock University,
Canada)
12. Creativity, Concentration and Silence, Teresa Olearczyk
(Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Poland)
13. Silence and Sexuality in School Settings: A Transnational
Perspective, Helen Sauntson (York St John University, UK) and
Rodrigo Borba (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
14. Silence and Educational Places and Spaces, Eva Alerby (Luleå
University of Technology, Sweden)
15. The Quiet Professional: On Being Alone/Together in Higher
Education, Anne Pirrie (University of the West of Scotland, UK) and
Nini Fang (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Part III: Loneliness
Part III Introduction, Christopher A. Sink (Western Washington
University, USA)
16. Consciousness and Loneliness, Ben Lazare Mijusovic (California
State University, Dominguez Hills, USA)
17. The Psychological Implications of Loneliness, Christopher A.
Sink (Old Dominion University, USA)
18. Loneliness in Childhood, Sivan George-Levi (Bar-Ilan
University, Israel), Tomer Schmidt-Barad (Bar-Ilan University,
Israel) and Malka Margalit (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
19. Adult Loneliness, Elzbieta Dubas (University of Lodz,
Poland)
20. The Morality of Loneliness, Jaroslaw Horowski (Nicolaus
Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)
21. Loneliness and Dementia: The Role of Communication, Alison Wray
(Cardiff University, UK)
22. Loneliness and Care of the Elderly, Rafal Iwanski (University
of Szczecin, Poland)
23. Mortality and Loneliness: Towards Less-Lonely Grief, Sarah
James (University of Hull,
UK) and Piotr Krakowiak (University of Torun, Poland)
Conclusion: Lifelong Learning of Aloneness, Julian Stern (Bishop
Grosseteste University, UK)
References
Index
The book examines philosophical, psychological, historical, cultural and religious perspectives on solitude, silence and loneliness from across academic disciplines and across the lifespan.
Julian Stern is Professor of Education and Religion at
Bishop Grosseteste University, UK.
Christopher A. Sink is Research Associate, Western
Washington University Department of Psychology, USA.
Malgorzata Walejko is Assistant Professor at the Institute
of Pedagogy at the University of Szczecin, Poland.
Wong Ping Ho is Adjunct Associate Professor in the
Department of International Education at The Education University
of Hong Kong (formerly the Hong Kong Institute of Education),
China.
The major strength of the handbook is an inclusive attempt to bring
together so many fresh perspectives on these areas in nuances and
with thought-provoking complexity ... The book is abounding in
rewarding insights and fresh, stimulating contemplations. I highly
recommend this work for both academic learning and pleasure
reading.
*Journal of Silence Studies in Education*
This handbook invites us to think about solitude and loneliness in
a variety of ways, sometimes converging and sometimes diverging in
a very productive and stimulating way.
*Noah W. Sobe, Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy
Studies, Loyola University Chicago, USA*
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