{"product_id":"why-its-ok-to-be-a-slacker-9780367338183","title":"Why It's OK to Be a Slacker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Stop slacking off!\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour parents may have said this to you when you were deep into a video-gaming marathon. Or maybe your roommate said it to you when you were lounging on the couch scrolling through Instagram. You may have even said it to yourself on days you did nothing. But what is so bad about slacking? Could it be that there's nothing bad about not making yourself useful?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst 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. Slacking is neither a deliberate protest to social ills nor is it a path to autonomy. Slackers just slack. By examining the culture of hyper-productivity, Suen argues that it is in fact OK to be a slacker. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Features\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the uniqueness of slacking, via a critical examination of six distinct \"pro-leisure\" philosophical accounts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArticulates a taxonomy of slackers, as well as in-depth examinations of Hollywood slackers and slackers in academia. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines common objections to slacking (like the freeloading problem), and offers a rebuttal to each of them. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers an understanding of our productivity culture from an existential perspective. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Suen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Iona College, New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Speaking Animal: Ethics, Language and the Human-Animal Divide\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and the volume editor of \u003ci\u003eResponse Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50378921017618,"sku":"9780367338183","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0cfc35cb-1972-47ff-9cc3-eed7db8bef0b.jpg?v=1728654218","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-its-ok-to-be-a-slacker-9780367338183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}