Al Gini

The Importance of Being Lazy

In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 166mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780415938792
• ISBN-10: 0415938791
• Artikelnr.: 22043384

Autorenporträt

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 Ethics Quarterly and the author of Why IT's Hard to BeGood(Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Project and the Problem 1. The Other Side of Leisure Work,
Damn it! 2. Leisure and Culture 3. Vacations and Traveling 4. Mini
Vacations The Weekend 5. Shopping as Leisure and Play 6. Sports and Play 7.
The Ultimate Vacation Retirement
Epilogue: Sabbath as Metaphor