La paresse comme vérité effective de l'homme

Synopsis of La paresse comme vérité effective de l'homme

«La paresse comme vérité effective de l'homme» is Kazimir Malevich's philosophical essay (Editions Allia, paperback, 43 pages, in French).

This essay by Malevich starts from an inversion: work should be cursed, as in the legends of paradise, and laziness should be the essential purpose of the human being. The author argues that the opposite has happened and sets out to clarify how that turn came about, vindicating laziness as humanity's effective truth.

The essay «La paresse comme vérité effective de l'homme» was written in 1921 and originally published in Russian; the French translation by Régis Gayraud corresponds to the 1995 edition.

Recommended for readers of philosophy and aesthetics, as well as for those who follow Malevich's theoretical work beyond painting.