Author: Tom Hodgkinson Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Philosophy, Humor, Self help, Essays
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ISBNs: 9780060779696 0060779691 |
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From the founding editor of The Idler, the celebrated magazine about the freedom and fine art of doing nothing, comes not simply a book, but an antidote to our work-obsessed culture. In How to Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson presents his learned yet whimsical argument for a new universal standard of living: being happy doing nothing. He covers a whole spectrum of issues affecting the modern idler--sleep, work, pleasure, relationships--while reflecting on the writing of such famous apologists for it as Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Nietzsche--all of whom have admitted to doing their very best work in bed.
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