Secret World of Doing Nothing

Billy Ehn is a Professor in the Department of Culture and Media Studies at Umea University and Orvar Lofgren is Professor of Ethnology at the University of Lund, both in Sweden. Lofgren is the author of On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (UC Press).

"[The authors] inspire readers to assess the potential mental value associated with commuting, daydreaming, completing routines, performing rituals, and more." Foreword This Week "The book provides us with timely material that may encourage us to continue to try to join up some of the dots in contemporary politics." -- Mary Evans Times Higher Education

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. WaitingChapter 2. RoutinesChapter 3. DaydreamingChapter 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of “Non-events”NotesReferencesIndex