| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
The Secret World of Doing Nothing; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Waiting; 2. Routines; 3. Daydreaming; 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?; Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of "Non-events"; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
"This is one of those rare books that causes you to rethink all your previous understandings of both time and space, to pay attention to what you have hitherto ignored or belittled. Full of fascinating detail, Ehn and Lofgren's work opens up a whole new field of inquiry."John Gillis, author of Islands of the Mind: How the Human Imagination Created the Atlantic World "This is a beautifully written and elegant book, deeply thoughtful but accessible to anyone. The Secret World of Doing Nothing is an essential field guide for understanding daily life; a delightful way to find out w. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Leisure -- Philosophy.
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Leisure -- Philosophy. |
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Leisure -- Psychological aspects.
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Leisure -- Psychological aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ehn, Billy, 1946-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lfgren, Orvar. Secret World of Doing Nothing. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520262638 |
| ISBN |
9780520945708 (electronic book) |
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0520945700 (electronic book) |
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