The Importance of Being Lazy

Gini, Al

ISBN 10: 0415978696 / ISBN 13: 9780415978699

Published by Routledge (edition 1), 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Importance of Being Lazy
• Publisher: Routledge (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415978696
• ISBN 13: 9780415978699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Drawing upon in-depth case studies of vacation habits and the observations of philosophers, writers, and sociologists such as Aristotle, Mark Twain and Thorstein Veblen, Al Gini argues why vacations are so venerated and why 'doing nothing' is a fundamental human necessity.

From shopping sprees and extreme sports to the ultimate vacation - retirement - The Importance of Being lazy demonstrates that without true leisure, we are diminished as individuals and as a society.

About the Author

Al Gini is a Philosophy Professor at Loyola University Chicago and a member of Loyola's Institute of Human Resources and Industrial Relations. He is the co-founder and Associate Editor of the journal Business EthicsQuarterly and the author of Why IT's Hard to BeGood(Routledge).