Doing Nothing

Author/Contributor(s):	Currie, James
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	02/03/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Doing Nothing is about doing nothing in a system where there is always something pressing that ought to be done. Not productive unstructured time, but the aimless and ineffective doing nothing of procrastination, resignation, and melancholia. James Currie pursues these themes across a wide terrain of experiences, materials, and examples reflecting, among other things, on the COVID pandemic, the lives of teenagers, Lars Van Trier's 2011 film Melancholia, work, play, and politics.