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The Pursuit of Laziness: An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment Book

The Pursuit of Laziness: An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment
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The Pursuit of Laziness: An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment, 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, The Pursuit of Laziness: An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment
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  • The Pursuit of Laziness: An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment
  • Written by author Pierre Saint-Amand
  • Published by Princeton University Press, 5/29/2011
  • 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
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Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Idle Nation

Chapter 1: The Surprises of Laziness 17

Marivaux

Chapter 2: Chardin's Slowness 38

Chapter 3: The Great Project of an Idle Life 51

Rousseau

Chapter 4: Paradox of the Idler 76

Diderot

Chapter 5: Philosophy on the Pillow 100

Joubert

Epilogue: Toward Moderation 119

Notes 125

Bibliography 143

Index 151


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