The Resource The pursuit of laziness : an idle interpretation of the enlightenment, Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage
The pursuit of laziness : an idle interpretation of the enlightenment, Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage
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- 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. Fleshing out Enlightenment thinking in the works of Denis Diderot, Joseph Joubert, Pierre de Marivaux, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jean-Siméon Chardin, this book explores idleness in all its guises, and illustrates that laziness existed, not as a vice of the wretched, but as an exemplar of modernity and a resistance to beliefs about virtue and utility
- Language
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- eng
- und
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 156 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction (Idle Nation)
- The surprises of laziness (Marivaux)
- Chardin's slowness
- The great project of an idle life (Rousseau)
- Paradox of the idler (Diderot)
- Philosophy on the pillow (Joubert)
- Epilogue (Toward moderation)
- Isbn
- 9780691148724
- Label
- The pursuit of laziness : an idle interpretation of the enlightenment
- Title
- The pursuit of laziness
- Title remainder
- an idle interpretation of the enlightenment
- Statement of responsibility
- Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage
- Title variation
- Idle interpretation of the enlightenment
- Language
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- eng
- und
- eng
- 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. Fleshing out Enlightenment thinking in the works of Denis Diderot, Joseph Joubert, Pierre de Marivaux, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jean-Siméon Chardin, this book explores idleness in all its guises, and illustrates that laziness existed, not as a vice of the wretched, but as an exemplar of modernity and a resistance to beliefs about virtue and utility
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Saint-Amand, Pierre
- Dewey number
- 190.9/033
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- B802
- LC item number
- .S25 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gage, Jennifer C
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Enlightenment
- Laziness
- PHILOSOPHY
- Enlightenment
- Laziness
- France
- Philosophy & Religion
- Philosophy
- Label
- The pursuit of laziness : an idle interpretation of the enlightenment, Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction (Idle Nation) -- The surprises of laziness (Marivaux) -- Chardin's slowness -- The great project of an idle life (Rousseau) -- Paradox of the idler (Diderot) -- Philosophy on the pillow (Joubert) -- Epilogue (Toward moderation)
- Control code
- 732320235
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 156 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691148724
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- 22573/ctt1145j
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732320235
- Label
- The pursuit of laziness : an idle interpretation of the enlightenment, Pierre Saint-Amand ; translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction (Idle Nation) -- The surprises of laziness (Marivaux) -- Chardin's slowness -- The great project of an idle life (Rousseau) -- Paradox of the idler (Diderot) -- Philosophy on the pillow (Joubert) -- Epilogue (Toward moderation)
- Control code
- 732320235
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 156 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691148724
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1145j
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732320235
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