Neither use nor ornament: A cultural biography of clutter and procrastination

Tracey Potts

Published by Manchester University Press 2024

Neither use nor ornament

A cultural biography of clutter and procrastination

Tracey Potts

https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526173935

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About this book

Neither use nor ornament is a book about personal productivity, narrated from the perspective of its obstacles: clutter and procrastination. It offers a challenge to the self-help promise of a clutter-free life and unravels the moral narratives that hold individuals to account for their inefficiencies and muddles.

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Potts Tracey :

Tracey Potts is Lecturer in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of NottinghamTracey Potts is Assistant Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham

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Front Matter Tracey Potts Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Dedication Tracey Potts Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Tracey Potts Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of figures Tracey Potts Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Tracey Potts Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Prologue Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
1 Theorising the ‘outside’, aka the social Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
2 ‘Less is more’ European modernism and its ‘zoos of agencies’ Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3 ‘More with less’ Form, function and American modernism Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
4 ‘The more of less’ Clutter, ecology and the new minimalism Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
5 ‘Be more with less’ Life hacking, procrastination and everyday rhythm Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Conclusion Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Select bibliography Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Tracey Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224