Blink

'Mesmerizing' Time An art expert instantly spots a fake. A cop decides whether to shoot. A psychologist accurately predicts a couple's future in minutes. This book is about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. It shows that honing your instincts could change the way you think about thinking forever. 'Trust my snap judgement, buy this book: you'll be delighted' David Brooks, The New York Times 'Fiendishly clever' Evening Standard 'Provocative, fascinating, radical' Fergal Byrne, Financial Times

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the author shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information that can be processed quickly, but on the few particular details on which people focus.

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the author shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information that can be processed quickly, but on the few particular details on which people focus.

I "Blink" forklarer Malcolm Gladwell på interessant og underholdende vis om menneskets fascinerende intuition. "Blink" handler om alle de gange, hvor vi øjeblikkeligt ved noget, uden at vide hvorfor. Det kan være brandmanden, som ved han omgående skal ud af en brændende bygning, en kunstekspert som øjeblikkelig spotter et falskt værk eller en parforholdsekspert, som hurtigt fornemmer hvorvidt et ægteskab vil holde. Malcolm Gladwell betegnet fænomenet som et blink, og udforsker i bogen, hvordan en øjeblikkelig vurdering kan være meget mere effektiv end en eftertænksom beslutning. Han viser på tankevækkende vis, hvordan vores intuition ikke er grebet ud af den blå luft men udviklet af vores erfaring.

I "Blink" forklarer Malcolm Gladwell på interessant og underholdende vis om menneskets fascinerende intuition. "Blink" handler om alle de gange, hvor vi øjeblikkeligt ved noget, uden at vide hvorfor. Det kan være brandmanden, som ved han omgående skal ud af en brændende bygning, en kunstekspert som øjeblikkelig spotter et falskt værk eller en parforholdsekspert, som hurtigt fornemmer hvorvidt et ægteskab vil holde. Malcolm Gladwell betegnet fænomenet som et blink, og udforsker i bogen, hvordan en øjeblikkelig vurdering kan være meget mere effektiv end en eftertænksom beslutning. Han viser på tankevækkende vis, hvordan vores intuition ikke er grebet ud af den blå luft men udviklet af vores erfaring.

Bogen distribueres af FACTUM Books, Aalborg. Ordrer kan også afgives på aalborg@factumbooks.dk HUSK at oplyse boghandlernr. Tekstanalysen har i mange år været en disciplin præget af, at forskellige metoder og tilgange står over for hinanden. Blink. Litterær analyse og metode præsenterer igennem otte kapitler aktuelle metoder, der i dag tegner det litteraturanalytiske felt. Det drejer sig om nykritik, dekonstruktion, psykoanalyse, queerteori, kognitiv semiotik, narratologi, verdenslitterær kritik og boghistorie. Hvert kapitel indeholder en teoretisk redegørelse af den aktuelle metode og eksemplariske analyser. Desuden introduceres der generelt til dette felt, og der sluttes af med en diskussion mellem bidragsyderne, der trækker forskelle og ligheder op mellem disse metoder.For at kunne sammenligne analyserne og metoderne bedst muligt er det de samme to tekster, der analyseres i alle kapitler, nemlig: Villy Sørensens historie ´Den gamle ejendom´ fra Ufarlige historier (1955) og Naja Maria Aidts digt ´Så pludselig bøgeskov´ fra Alting blinker (2009). Begge tekster er optrykt sidst i bogen.Bogens metoder og analyser er skrevet af forskere fra universiteterne i Aalborg, Aarhus og København samt Arkitektskolen.

Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard er 38 år gammel, mor til tre og har godt gang i sin karriere som forsker, da hun 1. januar 2013 pludselig bliver ramt af en aggressiv bakteriel meningitis, og få timer senere får hjertestop og dør. Mirakuløst bliver hun genoplivet, men Rikke er i koma. Da hun vågner, er hun ’fanget’ i sin egen krop – lammet og ude af stand til at signalere til familie og sygehuspersonale, at hun ikke er hjernedød, men kan høre, se og forstå. Først da hendes mand opdager, at hun blinker, begynder en lang, sej kamp tilbage til livet. Blink – da jeg mistede livet og lærte at leve er en dramatisk fortælling om at tabe alt på et øjeblik og samtidig en stærk kærlighedshistorie om sammenhold i familien og om stædighed og vilje. Rikke er en af de få, der kan berette, hvordan det opleves at blive genoplivet, at vågne fra en koma, og hendes historie er en inspirerende og dybt bevægende fortælling om at prioritere det vigtigste i tilværelsen, når man har været på kanten af livet. Bogen har forord af den verdensberømte amerikanske bestsellerforfatter Bill Bryson.

'Mesmerizing' Time An art expert instantly spots a fake. A cop decides whether to shoot. A psychologist accurately predicts a couple's future in minutes. This book is about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. It shows that honing your instincts could change the way you think about thinking forever. 'Trust my snap judgement, buy this book: you'll be delighted' David Brooks, The New York Times 'Fiendishly clever' Evening Standard 'Provocative, fascinating, radical' Fergal Byrne, Financial Times

'Mesmerizing' Time An art expert instantly spots a fake. A cop decides whether to shoot. A psychologist accurately predicts a couple's future in minutes. This book is about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. It shows that honing your instincts could change the way you think about thinking forever. 'Trust my snap judgement, buy this book: you'll be delighted' David Brooks, The New York Times 'Fiendishly clever' Evening Standard 'Provocative, fascinating, radical' Fergal Byrne, Financial Times

The landmark book that has revolutionized the way we understand leadership and decision making -- from #1 bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell. In his breakthrough bestseller The Tipping Point , Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink , he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant--in the blink of an eye--that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work--in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"--filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.

In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work-in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"-filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.