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How to be idle

Paperback • 2005 • English • 1. edition

How to be idle

By Tom Hodgkinson

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About the book

Hodgkinson presents us with a laid-back argument for a new contract between routine and chaos, an argument for experiencing life to the full and living in the moment. Ranging across a host of issues that may affect the modern idler sleep, the world of work, pleasure and hedonism, relationships, bohemian living, revolution he draws on the writings of such well-known apologists for idleness as Dr Johnson, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson and Nietzsche. His message is clear: take control of your...Show more

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ISBN

9780141015064

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2005

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

How to be idle

Format

Paperback

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