Reviving Contemplative Reading: The Key to Cultural Coherence
Summary
Reviving contemplative reading, where books are savored as carriers of civilization, and research as leisure, with intentional curiosity and playful exchange of ideas, is proposed as the key to restoring cultural coherence amidst the fragmentation caused by the decline of deep reading and writing.
Key Points
- Books are carriers of civilization, enabling communication across time and cultures
- Reading and writing shape culture, and a loss of contemplative reading leads to cultural fragmentation
- Recovering 'research as leisure' - intentional curiosity and playful exchange of ideas - can restore cultural coherence