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Can I read The Secret World of Doing Nothing on EtoBox?
The Secret World of Doing Nothing by Ehn, Billy; Löfgren, Orvar is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Secret World of Doing Nothing about?
In this insightful and pathbreaking reflection on doing nothing,” Billy Ehn and Orvar Löfgren take us on a fascinating tour of what is happening when, to all appearances, absolutely nothing is happening. Sifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, they probe the unobserved moments in our daily liveswaiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine taskand illuminate these empty” times as full of significance. Creative, insightful, and profound, __The Secret World of Doing Nothing__ leads us to rethink the ordinary and find meaning in today’s hypermodern reality.
Who reads The Secret World of Doing Nothing?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ehn, Billy; Löfgren, Orvar
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781282772809
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Philosophy, Science
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (24 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14