{"product_id":"9781550924145","title":"Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre","description":"We’re hammered, we’re slammed, we’re out of control. Happiness is on the decline in the most affluent country in the world, and Americans are troubled by the destructiveness of a lifestyle devoted to money and status. Yet no one seems to have a clue how to exit from the fast lane.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlow is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the subtle consumer and political and corporate forces stamping the joy from our existence and provides a vision of a more fulfilling life through the rediscovery of caring community, unhurried leisure, and life-affirming \u003ci\u003ejoie de vivre.\u003c\/i\u003e The book discusses:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e• The frantic time poverty plaguing everyone—a poverty that is being challenged by the growing slow life movement whose message is reverberating around the world\u003cbr\u003e• The need to build a \u003ci\u003eculture of connection\u003c\/i\u003e with both people and the planet by challenging the consumer society and re-creating vibrant life in our local communities\u003cbr\u003e• The creation of a different experience of time where we live life in slower, more reflective ways, savoring our lives and recapturing exuberance and laughter\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOffering inspiration and concrete ideas, \u003ci\u003eSlow is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to a broad audience of baby boomers nearing retirement, harried professionals with a social conscience, the one-time “middle class,” and twenty- to thirty-somethings who are now facing the sobering realities of constricted choices.","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157402697968,"sku":"9781550924145","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550924145_p0.jpg?v=1763752335","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550924145","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}