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The Secret World of Doing Nothing [electronic resource].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (279 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780520945708 (electronic bk.)
  • 0520945700 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Secret World of Doing NothingDDC classification:
  • 301
LOC classification:
  • GV14 .E35 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
The Secret World of Doing Nothing; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Waiting; 2. Routines; 3. Daydreaming; 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?; Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of "Non-events"; Notes; References; Index.
Summary: "This is one of those rare books that causes you to rethink all your previous understandings of both time and space, to pay attention to what you have hitherto ignored or belittled. Full of fascinating detail, Ehn and Lofgren's work opens up a whole new field of inquiry."John Gillis, author of Islands of the Mind: How the Human Imagination Created the Atlantic World "This is a beautifully written and elegant book, deeply thoughtful but accessible to anyone. The Secret World of Doing Nothing is an essential field guide for understanding daily life; a delightful way to find out w.
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The Secret World of Doing Nothing; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Waiting; 2. Routines; 3. Daydreaming; 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?; Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of "Non-events"; Notes; References; Index.

"This is one of those rare books that causes you to rethink all your previous understandings of both time and space, to pay attention to what you have hitherto ignored or belittled. Full of fascinating detail, Ehn and Lofgren's work opens up a whole new field of inquiry."John Gillis, author of Islands of the Mind: How the Human Imagination Created the Atlantic World "This is a beautifully written and elegant book, deeply thoughtful but accessible to anyone. The Secret World of Doing Nothing is an essential field guide for understanding daily life; a delightful way to find out w.

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