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The secret world of doing nothing

Title
The secret world of doing nothing / Billy Ehn and Orvar Löfgren.
Author
Ehn, Billy, 1946-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.

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Additional Authors
Löfgren, Orvar.
Description
vii, 269 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"In this insightful and pathbreaking reflection on 'doing nothing', Billy Ehn and Orvar Lofgren take us on a fascinating tour of what is happening when, to all appearances, absolutely nothing is happening. Sifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, they probe the unobserved moments in our daily lives -- waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task -- and illuminate these 'empty' times as full of significance. Creative, insightful, and profound, The Secret World of Doing Nothing leads us to rethink the ordinary and find meaning in today's hypermodern reality."--Publisher description
Subject
  • Leisure > Philosophy
  • Leisure > Psychological aspects
  • Leisure > Philosophy
  • Leisure > Psychological aspects
  • Freizeit
  • Muße
  • Kulturanthropologie
  • Kulturphilosophie
  • Ledigheid
  • Leefwijze
  • Filosofische aspecten
  • Psychologische aspecten
  • Freizeit
  • Musse
  • Psychologie
  • Fritid > teori, filosofi
  • Fritid > psykologiska aspekter
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Waiting -- Routines -- Daydreaming -- In the backyard of modernity? -- Appendix: doing an ethnography of "Non-events".
ISBN
  • 9780520262614
  • 0520262611
  • 9780520262638
  • 0520262638
LCCN
2009035812
OCLC
  • ocn436866903
  • 436866903
  • SCSB-1554336
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library