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Book

Slow is beautiful : new visions of community, leisure and joie de vivre

Call Number

  • 158.1 A565.1 (OSH)

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Publication Information

Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, 2006.

Physical Description

x, 245 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary

We're hammered, we're slammed, we're out of control. Happiness is on the decline in the most affluent country in the world, and Americans are troubled by the destructiveness of a lifestyle devoted to money and status. Yet no one seems to have a clue how to exit from the fast lane. Slow is Beautiful analyzes the subtle consumer and political and corporate forces stamping the joy from our existence and provides a vision of a more fulfilling life through the rediscovery of caring community, unhurried leisure, and life-affirming joie de vivre.--From publisher description.

Contents

  • Toward a philosophy of slow
  • The truth about happiness
  • Reversing the spell of status
  • "Fast" and the consumer society
  • Work slowdown
  • The subversiveness of joie de vivre
  • Visionary leisure
  • Slow together : exuberant community
  • Slow is beautiful.

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