The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation

by Al Gini (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2003

  $103.35

  Draws on studies of Americans' vacation habits as well as interviews, personal stories, and the wry observations of philosophers, writers, and sociologists from Aristotle to Mark Twain to Thorstein Veblen. Without true leisure, this work says, we are diminished as individuals and as a society.

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $39.74

  Drawing upon in-depth case studies of vacation habits and the observations of philosophers, writers, and sociologists such as Aristotle, Mark Twain and Thorstein Veblen, Al Gini argues why vacations are so venerated and why 'doing nothing' is a fundamental human necessity. From shopping sprees and extreme sports to the ultimate vacation - retirement - The Importance of Being lazy demonstrates that without true leisure, we are diminished as individuals and as a society.