Neither Use Nor Ornament: A Cultural Biography of Clutter and Procrastination

by Tracey Potts

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Neither use nor ornament is a book about personal productivity, narrated from the perspective of its obstacles: clutter and procrastination. It offers a challenge to the self-help promise of a clutter-free life, lived in a permanent state of efficiency and flow.

The book reveals how contemporary projections of the good, productive life rely on images of failure. Riffing on the aphorism 'less is more' - a dominant refrain in present day productivity...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1526173921

ISBN13:9781526173928

Release Date:July 2024

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.31 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"

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