About the book: 2012 / We present to the attention of readers a book by the famous French economist and political figure Paul Lafargue (1842–1911). In “The Right to Laziness,” the author attempts to challenge the glorification and ideological imposition of the value of work, proclaiming the right to leisure as one of the important goals in the proletariat’s struggle for its rights. The book will be of interest to philosophers, politicians, social scientists, historians and literary scholars, as well as the widest circle of readers.