The Right to Be Lazy, and Other Studies

In "The Right to Be Lazy, and Other Studies," Paul Lafargue offers a provocative examination of labor and leisure within the capitalist framework, critiquing the cult of work that dominated 19th-century socio-economic thought. Employing a satirical yet erudite literary style, Lafargue challenges prevailing notions of productivity and virtue associated with hard work, arguing instead for the human ...