Slow is Beautiful : New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de Vivre.
Title:
Slow is Beautiful : New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de Vivre.
Author:
Andrews, Cecile.
ISBN:
9781550924145
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Advance Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Toward a Philosophy of Slow -- Chapter 2: The Truth About Happiness -- Chapter 3: Reversing the Spell of Status -- Chapter 4: "Fast" and the Consumer Society -- Chapter 5: Work Slowdown -- Chapter 6: The Subversiveness of Joie de Vivre -- Chapter 7: Visionary Leisure -- Chapter 8: Slow Together: Exuberant Community -- Chapter 9: Slow Is Beautiful -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Speed kills--slow saves: how we can recapture a life of joy, leisure, community, and well-being.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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