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  Slow Living (Paperback) By (author) Wendy Parkins, By (author) Geoffrey Craig

  

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  Short Description for Slow LivingIntroduction Temporality Spatiality Consumption/Commodification of Slowness The Politics of Slow Living: Slow Citizenship Case Study: Slow Food Case Study: Slow Cities Case Study: 'Virtual' Slowness: Slow Living Beyond Italy Conclusion: Rage Against the Bread Machine.
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  • Publisher: Berg Publishers
  • Published: 01 February 2006
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Popular Culture | Sociology
  • ISBN 13: 9781845201609 ISBN 10: 1845201604
  • Sales rank: 816,154

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• Speed is the essence of the modern era, but our faster, more frenetic lives often trouble us and leave us wondering how we are meant to live in today's world. Slow Living explores the philosophy and politics of 'slowness' as it investigates the growth of Slow Food into a worldwide, 'eco-gastronomic' movement. Originating in Italy, Slow Food is not only committed to the preservation of traditional cuisines and sustainable agriculture but also the pleasures of the table and a slower approach to life in general. Craig and Parkins argue that slow living is a complex response to processes of globalization. It connects ethics and pleasure, the global and the local, as part of a new emphasis on everyday life in contemporary culture and politics. The 'global everyday' is not a simple tale of speed and geographical dislocation. Instead, we all negotiate different times and spaces that make our quality of life and an 'ethics of living' more pressing concerns. This innovative book shows how slow living is about the challenges of living a more mindful and pleasurable life.