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Josh Cohen

Not Working

Why We Have To Stop

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A PROBING EXPLORATION OF THE CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF INACTIVITY' FINANCIAL TIMES'To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world.' Oscar WildeMore than ever before, we live in a culture that excoriates inactivity and demonizes idleness. Work, connectivity and a constant flow of information are the cultural norms, and a permanent busyness pervades even our quietest moments. Little wonder so many of us are burning out.In a culture that tacitly coerces us into blind activity, the art of doing nothing is disappearing. Inactivity can induce lethargy and indifference, but is also a condition of imaginative freedom an… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-78378-206-2
  • EAN: 9781783782062
  • Produktnummer: 32428260
  • Verlag: Granta Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.
  • Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.3 cm 213 g
  • Gewicht: 213

Über den Autor


Josh Cohen is a psychoanalyst in private practice, and Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths University of London. He is the author of numerous books and articles on modern literature, psychoanalysis and cultural theory. His books include How to Read Freud (Granta, 2005) and The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark (Granta 2013). He is a regular contributor to Guardian, New Statesman and TLS.

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