Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity.

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Monash University, Australia

Nick Osbaldiston

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Barnaby B. Barratt, University of Cape Town, South Africa Kim Humphery, RMIT University, Australia Siv Lie, New York University, USA Charles Lindholm, Boston University, USA Angela Ragusa, Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia Martin Ryle, University of Sussex, UK Roberta Sassatelli, University of Milan, Italy Juliet B. Schor, Boston College, USA Kate Soper, London Metropolitan University, UK

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Book Title: Culture of the Slow
Book Subtitle: Social Deceleration in an Accelerated World
Editors: Nick Osbaldiston
Series Title: Consumption and Public Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137319449
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-29976-4Published: 23 April 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33538-1Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31944-9Published: 23 April 2013
Series ISSN: 2947-8227
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8235
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 204
Topics: Political Sociology, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Sociology of Culture, Regional and Cultural Studies, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Cultural Studies

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