Brian O'Connor is professor of philosophy at University College Dublin. He is the author of Adorno and Adorno's Negative Dialectic.
"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
"Brian O’Connor offers a systematic attempt not only to defend
idling, but also to convince sceptics that it is more than just a
bit of fun. . . . [Idleness is] a concise well-argued and highly
readable contribution to this literature."---Harry R. Lloyd, Times
Literary Supplement
"O'Connor's vision of idleness is very ambitious and compelling,
and the implications of the kind of shift he advocates are not
insignificant. . . . [A]n exhilarating read."---Anthony Morgan, The
Philosopher
"[A]n alternative and altogether refreshing take on our favourite
deadly sin."---Sarah Murdoch, Toronto Star
"The book's focus on the post-Kantian tradition is its great
strength. Engaging with that tradition is a uniquely valuable way
to bring certain contemporary assumptions about the good life into
view."---Robert Piercey, Philosophy in Review
"This lucid, concise, and rewarding book claims not to advocate for
this idle, free life, but to be only critical of the other,
accepted, opinions."---Bartholomew Begley, Books Ireland
"Cogent and accessible, Idleness is especially good at identifying
inconsistencies in the 'worthiness myth' (the obligation to become
worthy on one’s humanity through self-realization and industry)
advanced by influential Western philosophers."---Glenn C.
Altschuler, Tulsa World
"O’Connor’s vision of idleness is very ambitious and compelling,
and the implications of the kind of shift he advocates are not
insignificant . . . . [A]n exhilarating read."---Anthony Morgan,
The Philosopher
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