The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of

The great American fantasy is about leisure: wooded getaways, Caribbean cruises, white-water rafting, the lights of Las Vegas. Yet one in four Americans does not take a vacation at all. We know how to work hard but not how to play.

Al Gini is a philosophy professor at Loyola University Chicago and a member of Loyola's Institute of Human Resources and Industrial Relations

Prologue: The Project and the Problem	p. 1
The Other Side of Leisure: Work, Damn it!	p. 13
Leisure and Culture: The Importance of Being Lazy	p. 27
Vacations and Traveling	p. 43
Minivacations: The Weekend	p. 65
Shopping as Leisure and Play	p. 81
Sports and Play	p. 101
The Ultimate Vacation: Retirement	p. 117
Epilogue: Sabbath as Metaphor	p. 143
Notes	p. 163
About the author	p. 173
Index	p. 175
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The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation

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