{"product_id":"idleness-9780691167527","title":"Idleness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Brian O’Connor offers a systematic attempt not only to defend idling, but also to convince sceptics that it is more than just a bit of fun. . . . [\u003ci\u003eIdleness \u003c\/i\u003eis] a concise well-argued and highly readable contribution to this literature.\"\u003cb\u003e---Harry R. Lloyd, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"O'Connor's vision of idleness is very ambitious and compelling, and the implications of the kind of shift he advocates are not insignificant. . . . [A]n exhilarating read.\"\u003cb\u003e---Anthony Morgan, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n alternative and altogether refreshing take on our favourite deadly sin.\"\u003cb\u003e---Sarah Murdoch, \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book's focus on the post-Kantian tradition is its great strength. Engaging with that tradition is a uniquely valuable way to bring certain contemporary assumptions about the good life into view.\"\u003cb\u003e---Robert Piercey, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This lucid, concise, and rewarding book claims not to advocate for this idle, free life, but to be only critical of the other, accepted, opinions.\"\u003cb\u003e---Bartholomew Begley, \u003ci\u003eBooks Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cogent and accessible, \u003ci\u003eIdleness\u003c\/i\u003e is especially good at identifying inconsistencies in the 'worthiness myth' (the obligation to become worthy on one’s humanity through self-realization and industry) advanced by influential Western philosophers.\"\u003cb\u003e---Glenn C. Altschuler, \u003ci\u003eTulsa World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"O’Connor’s vision of idleness is very ambitious and compelling, and the implications of the kind of shift he advocates are not insignificant . . . . [A]n exhilarating read.\"\u003cb\u003e---Anthony Morgan, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403820114263,"sku":"9780691167527","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691167527.jpg?v=1730484638","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/idleness-9780691167527","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}