Waiting for the Weekendby Witold Rybczynski | |
| Category: |
"Philosophy" |
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| Pages: | 236 |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Date Added: | 08/09/2006 |
| Date Read: | 07/07/1999 |
| Notes: | In the form of a long, extended essay, the author discusses the emergence of the two-day weekend from the 19th century to the present. Successive chapters trace the historical origins of the week; days of rest throughout history; sacred and secular time; the boundary between leisure and work; the nature of leisure; the make-believe world of weekend retreats; controversy over the purpose of leisure; the present reorganization and standardization of work throughout the modern world, in which leisure now fulfills unmet work needs; and differences in national attitudes to leisure. The author draws on the works of Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, Jane Austen, Lewis Mumford, and others. |
| My Rating: | 6 |