Why It's Ok To Be A Slacker

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Why It's Ok To Be A SlackerISBN13:9780367338183ISBN10:0367338181Author:Suen, Alison (Author)Description:Stop Slacking Off Your Parents May Have Said This To You When You Were Deep Into A Video-Gaming Marathon Or Maybe Your Roommate Said It To You When You Were Lounging On The Couch Scrolling Through Instagram You May Have Even Said It To Yourself On Days You Did Nothing But What Is So Bad About Slacking? Could It Be That There's Nothing Bad About Not Making Yourself Useful? Against Our Hyper-Productivity Culture, Alison Suen Critically Interrogates Our Disapproval Of Slackers--Individuals Who Do The Bare Minimum Just To Get By She Offers A Taxonomy Of Slackers, Analyzes Common Objections To Slacking, And Argues That Each Of These Objections Either Fails Or Carries Problematic Assumptions But While This Book Defends Slacking, It Does Not Promote The Slacker LifestyleAs The Key To Something Better (Such As Cultural Advancement And Self-Actualization),AsSome Pro-Leisure Scholars Have Argued In Fact,SuenArgues That Slacking Is Unique Precisely Because It Serves No Noble Cause Slacking Is Neither A Deliberate Protest To Social Ills, Nor Is It A Path To Autonomy Slackers Just Slack By Critically Examining The Culture Of Hyper-Productivity, Suen Argues That It Is In Fact Okay To Be A Slacker Key Features Demonstrates The Uniqueness Of Slacking, Via A Critical Examination Of Six Distinct Pro-Leisure Philosophical Accounts Articulates A Taxonomy Of Slackers, As Well As In-Depth Examinations Of Hollywood Slackers And Slackers In Academia Examines Common Objections To Slacking (Like The Freeloading Problem), And Offers A Rebuttal To Each Of Them Offers An Understanding Of Our Productivity Culture From An Existential Perspective Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:RoutledgePublication Date:2021-04-10Weight:0 lbsDimensions:Number of Pages:160Language:English

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