Not Working - Why We Have to Stop (Paperback)

'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 Wilde More 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 and creativity. Psychoanalyst Josh Cohen explores the paradoxical pleasures of inactivity, and considers four faces of inertia - the burnout, the slob, the daydreamer and the slacker. Drawing on his personal experiences and on stories from his consulting room, while punctuating his discussions with portraits of figures associated with the different forms of inactivity - Andy Warhol, Orson Welles, Emily Dickinson and David Foster Wallace - Cohen gets to the heart of the apathy so many of us feel when faced with the demands of contemporary life, and asks how we might live a different and more fulfilled existence.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2019
Authors:	Josh Cohen
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-78378-206-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Popular psychology > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78378-206-4
Barcode:	9781783782062

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