El derecho a las cosas bellas : Vindicación de la vida holgada

“I want freedom, the right to express myself, the right of everyone to beautiful and radiant things.” Emma Goldman’s declaration defining anarchism speaks not only of a political movement, but also of a philosophy where beauty, pleasure, and equality are essential elements of human existence. Inspired by Paul Lafargue and Hannah Arendt, Juan Evaristo Valls Boix makes this conviction the basis for developing a set of social policies that nurture life where it is deemed useless and unproductive. With luminous and combative prose, the author defends essential rights—such as the right to be lazy, to strike, or to retire—not as concessions from the system, but as radical acts of resistance to capitalist alienation. For those who see enthusiasm, self-improvement, or entrepreneurship as a dirty neoliberal trap used to justify exploitation and precariousness, this book is an invitation to tranquility and laziness, but above all, it is a plea for the public structures that make them possible. Laziness has been the privilege of a few for too long; it is time it became a right for all.