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Why It's OK to Be a Slacker (Paperback)
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Why It's OK to Be a Slacker (Paperback)
Series: Why It's OK
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"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 lifestyle as
the key to something better (such as cultural advancement and
self-actualization), as some pro-leisure scholars have argued. In
fact, Suen argues 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
examining the culture of hyper-productivity, Suen argues that it is
in fact OK 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.
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