With advice, information, and reflection on such matters as lying in, long lunches, the art of the nap, and how to skive, How to be idle gives you all the inspiration you need to take a break from your fast-paced, overworked life.
Accompanied by helpful hints and humor, this guide provides you with useful tools to help you get what you want with the least effort.--From back cover.
We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry - not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? This title examines moral, political, a…
We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry--not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? The Pursuit of Laziness examines moral, …
We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry--not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? The Pursuit of Laziness examines moral, …