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1883 book by Paul Lafargue
The Right to Be Lazy (French: Le Droit à la paresse) is a book by Paul Lafargue, published in 1883. In it, Lafargue, a French socialist, opposes the labour
The_Right_to_Be_Lazy
Human right to engage in productive employment
of the Soviet Union. The Right to Be Lazy (1883) by Paul Lafargue, a French Marxist, criticized the concept of a right to work. He wrote: "And to think
Right_to_work
French writer and activist (1842–1911)
literary critic, and activist. His best known work is The Right to Be Lazy. Born in Cuba to French and Creole parents, Lafargue spent most of his life
Paul_Lafargue
Slang term for an easy but highly paid job
A lazy girl job is an easy, usually white-collar, job with good pay where an employee can quiet quit. The term was coined in 2023 by Gabrielle Judge,
Lazy_girl_job
Legal concept
The right to be forgotten (RTBF) is the right to have private information about a person removed from Internet searches and other directories in some circumstances
Right_to_be_forgotten
Critique of, or wish to abolish, labour
Lafargue's book The Right to Be Lazy, he claims that "it is sheer madness, that people are fighting for the 'right' to an eight-hour working day. In other
Critique_of_work
1935 book by Bertrand Russell
recuperation necessary to the body, but as an opportunity to discover new life experiences is also present. Critique of work The Right to Be Lazy Bonjour paresse
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
In_Praise_of_Idleness_and_Other_Essays
Essay by Karl Marx
and the Critique is generally considered to be of secondary importance among Marx's writings. This does not apply, however, to the Preface of the Critique
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
A_Contribution_to_the_Critique_of_Political_Economy
Activities performed to support one's needs
a wish to reduce or abolish it entirely, for example in Paul Lafargue in his book The Right to Be Lazy, David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, or The Abolition
Work_(human_activity)
Disinclination to activity or exertion
performance to laziness, while teachers ranked "lack of ability" as the major cause, with laziness coming in second. Laziness should not be confused with
Laziness
American activist (1936–1989)
regardless of the content of his message, given that Hoffman had violated the "sanctity of the stage," i.e., the right of the band to perform uninterrupted
Abbie_Hoffman
1999 film by Mike Judge
been written as Iranian, the character was rewritten to be Jordanian, and Naidu worked with a dialect coach to get the accent right. John C. McGinley auditioned
Office_Space
Industrial action in which employees do no more than the minimum required
Resignation Lazy girl job Overtime ban Quiet cracking Tang ping Neijuan "English translation of 'sciopero bianco'". collinsdictionary.com. Archived from the original
Work-to-rule
French evolutionary Marxist party (1880–1902)
for having written The Right to Be Lazy, which criticized work as such, criticizing heavily liberal moral frameworks of "Right to Work"). A revolutionary
French_Workers'_Party
2018 book by David Graeber
required to pretend their role is not as pointless or harmful as they know it to be. Graeber classifies a job as bullshit if society would be no worse
Bullshit_Jobs
German philosopher (1844–1900)
considers the general idea of a caste system to be natural and right, and stated that "caste-order, order of rank is just a formula for the supreme law
Friedrich_Nietzsche
English philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
pre-Six-Day War borders, stating "The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned, not only because no state has the right to annexe foreign territory, but
Bertrand_Russell
Behavior in which a person refuses regular employment
self-management or worker cooperatives as possible alternatives to wage labor. The Right to be Lazy, an essay by Cuban-born French revolutionary Marxist Paul
Refusal_of_work
Anxiety about the start of the working week
Sunday scaries, also known as the Sunday syndrome, Sunday blues, Sunday night dread or Sunday evening feeling, refer to anticipatory anxiety and dread
Sunday_scaries
Advertisement for a non-existent job
power of the employers in the job market. According to the career coaching service SamNova, a fake job listing can often be spotted as one that is either
Ghost_job
Economic concept that describes an excess of competition
for parents to buy three copies of books in subjects like mathematics, one book for the student, one for the parents at home and one to be left at work
Neijuan
Class of wage-earners in a tenuous job situation close to unemployment
for addressing the problem.[citation needed] In his 2014 book entitled A Precariat Charter he argued that all citizens have a right to socially inherited
Precariat
Subreddit associated with the anti-work movement
Black's "The Abolition of Work", Karl Marx's "Wage Labour and Capital", Bertrand Russell's "In Praise of Idleness", Paul Lafargue's The Right to be Lazy, Devon
R/antiwork
Derogatory name for economics
principle of supply and demand, claimed that the labour problem could be resolved by opening the West Indies to African immigration, but Carlyle viewed this
The_dismal_science
Idiom
to a willingness to accept poor solutions, or to be an expression of misplaced optimism and laziness, rather than confidence. No worries "She'll Be Right
She'll_be_right
German–American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)
from the Left. Surely, no government can be expected to foster its own subversion, but in a democracy such a right is vested in the people (i.e. in the majority
Herbert_Marcuse
German writer (1917–1985)
published in 1949. He was invited to the 1949 meeting of the Group 47 circle of German authors and his work was deemed to be the best presented in 1951. Many
Heinrich_Böll
American publisher, editor and writer (1860–1944)
translate into English such works as Paul Lafargue's The Right to Be Lazy, and Antonio Labriola's Essays on the Materialist Conception of History. But Kerr's
Charles_H._Kerr
Economic, social and cultural right
The right to rest and leisure is the economic, social and cultural right to adequate time away from work and other societal responsibilities. It is linked
Right_to_rest_and_leisure
Software optimization technique
which avoids repeated evaluations (by the use of sharing). The benefits of lazy evaluation include: The ability to define control flow (structures) as abstractions
Lazy_evaluation
Overtime work schedule from China
"Working to Death in China". The Diplomat. Retrieved 29 May 2022. 英报：过劳死提醒中国人"懒散些" [British newspaper: overwork death reminds Chinese people to "be lazy"].
996_working_hour_system
Chinese neologism, "lying flat"
Down" to "Lazy eggs" to "mourning culture" signals the increasing pressure on the younger generation, who grew up under the single-child policy, to work
Tang_ping
German social scientist (1864–1920)
actions that proved their right to possess greater wealth. Weber defined the state as an entity that had a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within
Max_Weber
Coming to work at an office for a short period and leaving to work elsewhere
refers to the practice of employees swiping their work pass on entrance turnstiles and staying briefly at the office, typically long enough to drink a
Coffee_badging
Austrian Catholic priest and philosopher (1926–2002)
theologian, I believe that the Church must always condemn injustice in the light of the Gospel, but never has the right to speak in favor of a specific
Ivan_Illich
Topics referred to by the same term
Lazy Eight or Lazy 8 may refer to: The infinity symbol ( ∞ {\displaystyle \infty } ), often described as a horizontal figure eight An aerobatic maneuver
Lazy_Eight
Burdening high-performing employees with extra work
responsibilities or a role within their company due to need. The role may be temporary or permanent, and the reassignment may not align with employee interests
Performance_punishment
English writer (born 1964)
in 2009. The book traces how humans have used one acre of land on the edge of the North York moors over thousands of years right up to the present day
Madeleine_Bunting
Use of various control systems for operating equipment
Machine to machine Mobile manipulator Multi-agent system Post-work society Process control Productivity improving technologies The Right to Be Lazy Robot
Automation
1971 book by Abbie Hoffman
negative reaction from booksellers, to the title as well as the content. This fear proved to be well-founded; in the United States, many regional distributors
Steal_This_Book
Excessive work
Professional abuse Reduction of hours of work Repetitive strain injury Right to rest and leisure Six-hour day Suicide crisis Time poverty Uneconomic growth
Overwork
Workplace phenomenon affecting women in leadership roles
found that women are likely to be primed as candidates in hard-to-win districts. Specifically in the United Kingdom, women of the Conservative Party are more
Glass_cliff
Belief in the virtues of labor
strong work ethic consider it to be important for achieving goals, that it gives strength to their orientation and the right mindset.[citation needed] A
Work_ethic
Arguments against the economic system of capitalism
Kolozi relies on Norberto Bobbio's definition of right and left, dividing the two camps according to their preference for hierarchy or equality, respectively
Criticism_of_capitalism
Individually-driven work design process
beneficial for the job crafter may be harmful to the goals of the organization and produce negative effects. Therefore, in addition to allowing room for
Job_crafting
South Korean neologism
The main cause of the word's birth is assumed to be the economic and social pressures of modern society on young people. Many young Koreans tend to regard
N-po_generation
American artist (born 1945)
a conceptual artist in Los Angeles, California who works in situ. Since the 1960s, Knight has made works grounded in site-specificity and institutional
John_Knight_(artist)
Belgian philosopher (1934–2026)
of speech in Nothing is sacred, everything can be said, and the philosopher Michel Onfray dedicated to him his Traité d'athéologie. Vaneigem died at his
Raoul_Vaneigem
Italian political philosopher (1933–2023)
of people who knew Negri at the time identified him as the probable author of the call, the caller was later revealed to be Valerio Morucci. On 7 April
Antonio_Negri
Concept in organisational psychology
can be separated into three main stages: deterioration, honeymoon, and hangover. Deterioration refers to the decline in job satisfaction prior to leaving
Honeymoon-hangover_effect
Short story by Heinrich Böll
his fishing boat. The tourist is disappointed with the fisherman's apparently lazy attitude towards his work, so he approaches the fisherman and asks
Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral
Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbeitsmoral
Legal tradition restraining actions threatening individual privacy
scobserver.in. Retrieved 8 July 2020. "Too Lazy to Read Right to Privacy Ruling? Here's the TL;DR Version". The Quint. Retrieved 25 August 2017. "Andhrastar
Right_to_privacy
2021–2023 surge in job quits
lazy girl job, personality hire, and resenteeism. The Big Stay followed the great resignation in which employers experienced reduced turnover due to a
Great_Resignation
French employee harassment trial
reducing the amount of compensation which would have to be paid. The SUD (Union syndicale Solidaires) and the CFE-CGC (Confédération française de l'encadrement
Orange_S.A._suicides
2019 British film
review: The Last Right". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 7 August 2021. Wasser, Chris (6 December 2019). "The Last Right review: 'Annoyingly broad and surprisingly lazy'"
The_Last_Right
Arrangement to work four days per week
blue collar work, where there may be little wasted time, or workers would be required to work faster to maintain the same productivity, potentially increasing
Four-day_workweek
American anthropologist and activist (1961–2020)
be the most read public anthropology book of the 21st century" and wrote, "it will be difficult for Graeber or anyone else to top this book for the attention
David_Graeber
Point where a person ceases employment permanently
In the graph to the right, the lines are straight, which is appropriate given the assumption of a zero real investment return. The graph above can be compared
Retirement
Term for employees given very little work
jobs Quiet quitting Lazy girl job Echarri, Miquel (Jun 10, 2023). "How to do absolutely nothing at work: from employee subterfuge to corporate incompetence"
Jobless_employed
Workplace practice involving not showing up to first work day
to the practice of new recruits deliberately not showing up for work on their expected first day of employment, which emerged in the mid-2020s. The term
Career_catfishing
2011 single by Bruno Mars
"The Lazy Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars for his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). It was serviced to contemporary
The_Lazy_Song
Italian philosopher and activist (born 1949)
Berardi fled to Paris, where he worked with Félix Guattari in the field of schizoanalysis. During the 1980s, Berardi contributed to the magazines Semiotexte
Franco_Berardi
Systems of organizing production and distribution within capitalist societies
force; this would be "production for use". Contemporary mainstream (bourgeois) economics, particularly that associated with the right, holds that an "invisible
Capitalist_mode_of_production
Sudden death from overwork
Hepburn: Karōshi), which can be translated into 'overwork death', is a Japanese term relating to occupation-related sudden death. The most common medical causes
Karoshi
Term for having fun while unemployed
(15 May 2011). "It's time to clamp down on 'funemployment'". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2024. "Would Gen Z Rather Be 'Funemployed'?: There is nothing
Funemployment
Form of society
societies would also be ones of post-scarcity. According to Nick Bostrom, advanced artificial intelligence has the potential to automate jobs, create
Post-work_society
Employees pretending to work
onsite supervision. The term can be linked to other terms such as "performative work". The prevalence of this behavior can be traced back to habits such as
Productivity_theater
French philosopher and Marxist theorist (1931–1994)
consider his book The Society of the Spectacle (1967) to be a catalyst for the uprising. In 1957, the Letterist International, the International Movement
Guy_Debord
2024 season of Drag Race Down Under
"RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under" to "Drag Race Down Under". Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming. Legend: Lazy Susan won Drag Race Down Under
Drag_Race_Down_Under_season_4
2016 British film
past the Industrial Revolution, to the digital age and beyond, the film looks at the shocking exponential rate at which mankind has managed to create
The_Future_of_Work_and_Death
Alternative to eight-hour workday
The six-hour day is a schedule by which the employees or other members of an institution (which may also be, for example, a school) spend six hours contributing
Six-hour_day
Employee initiative to do minimal work on Monday
minimal Mondays, refers to an initiative by employees to do the minimal amount of work necessary on Mondays, which mark the start of the work week. This may
Bare_minimum_Monday
Pejorative work-related slang
be available for work on short notice, unlike contingent work (or casual contract), where employees must be given ample notice, and have the right to
McJob
1971 Italian film
claimed that, after the screening, filmmaker Jean-Marie Straub demanded that the film be burned. Other sources attribute this statement to film critic Pio
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
The_Working_Class_Goes_to_Heaven
American novelist and essayist (born 1958)
State University, Slouka moved to the University of California, San Diego, where from 2005 to 2006 he was a chairman of the Division of Creative Writing
Mark_Slouka
Advancing one's career, often at the cost of one's integrity
to gain power within an organization. Some organizations require the individual to be in "work-mode" at all times, while others believe that family time
Careerism
2009 book by Franco Beraldi
regards to work, as well as to how their refusal to submit to work used to be the foundation of a human community - that fought for autonomy against the work
The Soul at Work: From Alienation to Autonomy
The_Soul_at_Work:_From_Alienation_to_Autonomy
German Marxian critic of political economy, sociologist and philosopher
philosopher. Reichelt is one of the main authors of the Neue Marx-Lektüre and considered to be one of the most important theorists in the field of Marx's theory
Helmut_Reichelt
Vicious cycle that reinforces poverty
poverty is when poverty seems to be inherited, preventing subsequent generations from escaping it. This is known as the cycle of poverty. It is caused
Cycle_of_poverty
German economist and philosopher (1929–2026)
philosopher. He was one of the main authors of the Neue Marx-Lektüre and he is considered one of the most important German theorists in the field of Marxian theory
Hans-Georg_Backhaus
American philosopher, architect and inventor (1895–1983)
attestation to your thought. You think the truth. You do not have the right to eliminate yourself. You do not belong to you. You belong to the Universe.
Buckminster_Fuller
French sociologist and philosopher
in order for such an economy to function, its actors must first be socialized to accept the premise that debts must be repaid. This entails that they
Maurizio_Lazzarato
British magazine
Victims of the Protestant work ethic would like all work to be unpleasant. They feel that work is a curse, that we must suffer on this earth to earn our
The_Idler_(1993)
Killing prisoners by means of forced labour
the Jews shall now in the course of the Final Solution be suitably brought to their work assignments in the East. Able-bodied Jews are to be led to these
Extermination_through_labour
Independent on-demand temporary workers
advocates have been lobbying for them to be classified as "employees", which would legally require companies to provide the full suite of employee benefits
Gig_worker
Concept in Marxist theory
necessarily be expressed in a particular form: first as exchange value and ultimately as money. The theory of the value-form is central to Marx's argument
Value-form
Reluctance of employees to leave their current job
refers to the reluctance of employees to leave an employer, typically due to economic uncertainty. Job cuffing typically occurs in the winter in the hopes
Job_cuffing
Subject of a trade or other exchange
that ownership is secure. The transferability of these private rights from one owner to another. The right to buy and sell the commodity, and/or obtain
Article_of_commerce
Distinction made by Karl Marx
That is, the right kind of work not only needs to get done, but it also needs to get done in a way that it helps the employer to make money. If the labour
Abstract_and_concrete_labour
Greek author, literary critic and translator
is inspired by the lives of the intellectual activist Paul Lafargue (1842-1911, best known for his polemic essay The Right To Be Lazy) and his wife Laura
Aris_Marangopoulos
Austrian philosopher (1923–2007)
impossible for the working class to be the sole or even the main revolutionary agent. Although the book was not well received among the French left, it
André_Gorz
German school of Marxist theory
"the anamnesis of the genesis"—deeply influenced their value-form analysis. The project of the Neue Marx-Lektüre can thus be seen as an attempt to "deepen
Neue_Marx-Lektüre
Political ideology
referred to as the "radical right") are usually characterised as separate entities, some writers consider them to be a part of a broader, right-wing populist
Right-wing_populism
Pattern of working even in personal time
EATON, KIT (Oct 15, 2025). "The Microshifting Trend Can Engage Your Employees and Boost Productivity—If You Set the Right Boundaries". Inc. Retrieved
Infinite_workday
Term criticizing labor exploitation
themselves to be pushed from one side to the other. And, in the value system of the community, those who resisted degradation were in the right". A "Member
Wage_slavery
Word coined by John Ruskin meaning the opposite of wealth
possessor, must be estimated together. Whence it appears that many of the persons commonly considered wealthy, are in reality no more wealthy than the locks of
Illth
Type of employee disengagement
for the employee to find new employment. One version of loud quitting is live quitting where employees live-stream their departure on TikTok under the #Quittok
Loud_quitting
1931 film directed by René Clair
boyfriend. After the date, Émile longingly looks up at Jeanne's apartment window while she happily waves to Paul. He realizes he is right outside the jail from
À_Nous_la_Liberté
Entrapped disenchanted employee
"quiet quitting"- the practice of doing the bare minimum required by a contract. While quiet quitting often serves as a survival strategy to reclaim work-life
Resenteeism
Tensions related to work
stress related to one's job. Occupational stress can be managed by understanding what the stressful conditions at work are and taking steps to remediate those
Occupational_stress
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