The pursuit of laziness [electronic resource] : an idle interpretation of the Enlightenment / Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage.
Saint-Amand, Pierre, 1957-
2011
B802 .S25 2011eb
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Title 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
Imprint Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 156 p.) : ill., ports.
Call Number 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Available in Other Form Pursuit of laziness.
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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).

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