Lazy Politics: Lafargue, Nietzsche, and Bataille Against the Grind
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The Unbreakable Energy of Laziness
Batai writes that being overcome by idleness opens us to an oceanic feeling marked by laziness, denial, forgetfulness and languishing. Despite how detrimental this might be to our personal projects, it reveals a sublime aspect of idleness in its ability to estrange us from our own work. We should raise the question of how the unbreakable energy of laziness might be utilized politically. How might the refusal of work lead to other interventions against the exploitation of capitalism and the state? What do you think? Drop your view in the comments below.
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