Description
Book SynopsisThis is the 25th anniversary edition of the original presentation of the concept of "flow" - the state of peak enjoyment experienced by rock climbers, dancers, basketball players, surgeons and others.
Trade Review"A stimulating and revolutionary book." --Journal of IndividualPsychology
"Beyond Boredom and Anxiety constitutes a major contribution to andcritique of the sociology of work." --Sociology
"A very exciting book about the phenomenology of intrinsicallymotivated behavior. Csikszentmihalyi has done a service bydirecting attention to the importance of intrinsic motivation andits relationship to enjoyment and alienation." --ContemporaryPsychology
Table of ContentsPreface to the 25th Anniversary Edition.
Acknowledgements to the First Edition.
Enjoyment and Intrinsic Motivation.
Rewards of Autotelic Activities.
Structure of Autotelic Activities.
A Theoretical Model for Enjoyment.
Enjoying Games: Chess.
Deep Play and the Flow Experience in Rock Climbing.
Measuring the Flow Experience in Rock Dancing.
Enjoying Work: Surgery.
Flow Patterns in Everyday Life.
Effects of Flow Deprivation.
Politics of Enjoyment.
Tests and Procedures Used in Microflow.
Experiments.
References.
Index.
