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Book In praise of idleness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bertrand Russell
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1972
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book In praise of idleness written by Bertrand Russell and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verzamelde opstellen van de Engelse wijsgeer (1872-1970)

Book Idleness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian O'Connor
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-04-07
  • ISBN : 0691204500
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Idleness written by Brian O'Connor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have worked hard to develop new reasons to denigrate idleness. In Idleness, the first book to challenge modern philosophy's portrayal of inactivity, Brian O'Connor argues that the case against an indifference to work and effort is flawed--and that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the highest form of freedom. Idleness explores how some of the most influential modern philosophers drew a direct connection between making the most of our humanity and avoiding laziness. Idleness was dismissed as contrary to the need people have to become autonomous and make whole, integrated beings of themselves (Kant); to be useful (Kant and Hegel); to accept communal norms (Hegel); to contribute to the social good by working (Marx); and to avoid boredom (Schopenhauer and de Beauvoir). O'Connor throws doubt on all these arguments, presenting a sympathetic vision of the inactive and unserious that draws on more productive ideas about idleness, from ancient Greece through Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Schiller and Marcuse's thoughts about the importance of play, and recent critiques of the cult of work. A thought-provoking reconsideration of productivity for the twenty-first century, Idleness shows that, from now on, no theory of what it means to have a free mind can exclude idleness from the conversation."--Provided by publisher

Book Industrial Relations Report

Download or read book Industrial Relations Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Automotive Industries  the Automobile

Download or read book Automotive Industries the Automobile written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Glorious Gospel of Christ  Considered in Its Relation to the Present Life

Download or read book The Glorious Gospel of Christ Considered in Its Relation to the Present Life written by Jesus Christ and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The theory of idle resources

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  • Author : William Harold Hutt
  • Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN : 1610163230
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book The theory of idle resources written by William Harold Hutt and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 1977 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Books for Idle Hours

Download or read book Books for Idle Hours written by Donna Harrington-Lueker and published by UMass + ORM. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publishing phenomenon of summer reading, often focused on novels set in vacation destinations, started in the nineteenth century, as both print culture and tourist culture expanded in the United States. As an emerging middle class increasingly embraced summer leisure as a marker of social status, book publishers sought new market opportunities, authors discovered a growing readership, and more readers indulged in lighter fare. Drawing on publishing records, book reviews, readers' diaries, and popular novels of the period, Donna Harrington-Lueker explores the beginning of summer reading and the backlash against it. Countering fears about the dangers of leisurely reading—especially for young women—publishers framed summer reading not as a disreputable habit but as a respectable pastime and welcome respite. Books for Idle Hours sheds new light on an ongoing seasonal publishing tradition.

Book A Study and Investigation of the National Defense Program in Its Relation to Small Business

Download or read book A Study and Investigation of the National Defense Program in Its Relation to Small Business written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 2120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Labor Review

Download or read book Monthly Labor Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1962-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

Book Work Stoppages Caused by Labor management Disputes

Download or read book Work Stoppages Caused by Labor management Disputes written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New South Wales Industrial Gazette

Download or read book The New South Wales Industrial Gazette written by New South Wales. Department of Industrial Relations and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Inquiry as to National Defense Construction  Hearing      on the Inquiry as to National Defense Construction Feb 12 April1  1941

Download or read book Inquiry as to National Defense Construction Hearing on the Inquiry as to National Defense Construction Feb 12 April1 1941 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Labor management Relations

Download or read book Labor management Relations written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Labor-Management Relations and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Advisory Commisssion on Intergovernmental Relations Library  Accumulative Periodical Index

Download or read book Advisory Commisssion on Intergovernmental Relations Library Accumulative Periodical Index written by United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board for the Fiscal Year Ended     1936 1942

Download or read book Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board for the Fiscal Year Ended 1936 1942 written by United States. National Labor Relations Board and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Industrial Management

Download or read book Industrial Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: