The pursuit of laziness [electronic resource] : an idle interpretation of the Enlightenment / Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage.
2011
B802 .S25 2011eb
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The pursuit of laziness [electronic resource] : an idle interpretation of the Enlightenment / Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage.
Author
Saint-Amand, Pierre, 1957-
ISBN
9781400838714 (electronic bk.)
9780691148724
9780691149271
9780691148724
9780691149271
Publication Details
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 156 p.) : ill., ports.
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B802 .S25 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
190.9/033
Summary
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, political, and economic treatises of the period, and reveals that crucial eighteenth-century texts did find value in idleness and nonproductivity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction (Idle Nation)
The surprises of laziness (Marivaux)
Chardin's slowness
The great project of idle life (Rousseau)
Paradox of the idler (Diderot)
Philosophy on the pillow (Joubert)
Epilogue (Towards moderation).
The surprises of laziness (Marivaux)
Chardin's slowness
The great project of idle life (Rousseau)
Paradox of the idler (Diderot)
Philosophy on the pillow (Joubert)
Epilogue (Towards moderation).