How to Do Nothing vs Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur: Which Should You Read?

How to Do Nothing Jenny Odell · 2019 ★★★★☆ 3.7 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Challenging

Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic…

Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur Arnold Hauser · 1951 ★★★★☆ 3.8 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Challenging

First published in 1951 as Socialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur, Arnold Hauser's comprehensive work explores the interaction between art and society. Through the detailing of social and historical movements Hauser…