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Author:
John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Date:
June 13, 2023
John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle overturn the popular misconception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse who was scornful of work and other mundanities. In fact, Thoreau worked hard and thought intensely about work in its many dimensions. And his ideas about work have much to teach us in an age of remote work and automation, when many people are reconsidering what kind of working lives they want to have.
What The Reviewers Say
ively and informal, it will prompt fruitful conversations about the role of work in our lives. Scholars of Thoreau, however, may find that it doesn’t go far enough into Thoreau’s own rigorous thinking on the subject.
An impassioned and often successful defense of Thoreau as a diligent worker.
John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle offer a Thoreau for our own fraught moment, rooted in what they convincingly describe as the central place of work in Thoreau’s philosophy and life.
An inspiring book that will give you the succor you need to reconsider—and possibly change—the way you work..
