The Right to Be Lazy, and Other Studies by Paul Lafargue
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| Author | Lafargue, Paul, 1842-1911 |
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| Translator | Kerr, Charles H., 1860-1944 |
| LoC No. | 07023081 |
| Uniform Title | Le droit à la paresse. English |
| Title | The Right to Be Lazy, and Other Studies |
| Note | Reading ease score: 49.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Contents | The right to be lazy -- Socialism and the intellectuals -- The bankruptcy of capitalism -- The woman question -- The socialist ideal -- The rights of the horse and the rights of man. |
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| Summary | "The Right to Be Lazy and Other Studies" by Paul Lafargue is a critical work written in the late 19th century. This treatise challenges the capitalist glorification of labor, advocating instead for the value of idleness and leisure. In this book, Lafargue critiques the societal norms surrounding work and its impact on the labor class, arguing that labor is a source of misery rather than fulfillment. At the start of the work, Lafargue's tone is both passionate and confrontational as he presents his argument against the dogma of work that he claims enslaves the proletariat. He references historical perspectives on labor, contrasting the disdain for toil in ancient societies with the modern obsession with work that has caused degeneration among the working class. Through compelling rhetoric, he highlights the contradictions of capitalist ethics and calls for a return to a lifestyle that values leisure and enjoyment, proposing that true liberation for the working class lies in a revolution against the ethics of labor that have dictated their lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production |
| Subject | Socialism |
| Subject | Social problems |
| Subject | Working class |
| Subject | Hours of labor |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 52984 |
| Release Date | Sep 5, 2016 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 131 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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