Why It's OK to Be a Slacker

Alison Suen's book "Against Our Hyper-Productivity Culture" challenges our disapproval of slackers and argues that it is OK to be a slacker. She offers a taxonomy of slackers, analyzes common objections to slacking, and argues that each objection fails or carries problematic assumptions. However, the book does not promote the slacker lifestyle as the key to something better, but rather examines the culture of hyper-productivity from an existential perspective.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 216 pages
\n Publication date: 09 April 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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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. Slackers just slack. By examining the culture of hyper-productivity, Suen argues that it is in fact OK to be a slacker.

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.

\n Weight: 234g\n
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367338183\n \n