Free time: the history of an elusive ideal
"In a sweeping historical analysis, Gary Cross explains why affluence in America has not freed more time from work and why free time is often frustrating"--
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Zusammenfassung: | "In a sweeping historical analysis, Gary Cross explains why affluence in America has not freed more time from work and why free time is often frustrating"-- The history of leisure time, from the earliest societies to the work-from-home eraFree time, one of life s most precious things, often feels unfulfilling. But why? And how did leisure activities transition from strolling in the park for hours to doomscrolling on social media for thirty minutes?Today, despite the promise of modern industrialization, many people experience both a scarcity of free time and a disappointment in it. Free Time offers a broad historical explanation of why our affluent society does not afford more time away from work and why that time is often unsatisfying. Gary S. Cross explores the cultural, social, economic, and political history, especially of the past 250 years to understand the roots of our conceptions of free time and its use. By the end of the nineteenth century, a common expectation was that industrial innovations would lead to a progressive reduction of work time and a subsequent rise in free time devoted to self-development and social engagement. However, despite significant changes in the early twentieth century, both goals were frustrated, thus leading to the contemporary dilemma.Cross touches on leisure of all kinds, from peasant festivals and aristocratic pleasure gardens to amusement parks, movie theaters and organized sports to internet surfing, and even the use of alcohol and drugs. This wide-ranging cultural and social history explores the industrial-era origins of our modern obsession with work and productivity, but also the historical efforts to liberate time from work and cultivate free time for culture. Insightful and informative, this book is sure to help you make sense of your own relationship to free time |
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Beschreibung: | 339 Seiten |
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Contents 1 The Trouble with Time Today i 2 Two Traditional Cultures and the Capitalist Revolution 24 3 Modernizing Free Time: The Other Side of the Capitalist Revolution 56 4 Time Struggles and the Settlements of the Twentieth Century 94 5 Why Free Time Stopped Growing 118 6 Why Free-Time Culture Frustrates 153 7 Fast Consumer Capitalism: An Emerging Bias against Slow Culture 186 8 Funneled Capitalism: The Changing Meanings of Self and Society in Free Time 9 Making Time for Culture 226 262 Notes 281 Index 327 About the Author 339
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