The Economic Imperative : Leisure and Imagination in the 21st Century.
The book explores the role of leisure in modern life. It was written in the belief that leisure sets us apart as a species, that what is "useless" by commercial standards is probably the best thing we have going for us, and that leisure is under attack, in high danger of being lost, and ha...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Luton :
Andrews UK,
2011
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| Series: | Societas, 3.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The book explores the role of leisure in modern life. It was written in the belief that leisure sets us apart as a species, that what is "useless" by commercial standards is probably the best thing we have going for us, and that leisure is under attack, in high danger of being lost, and has been for some time (since at least the end of the Second World War). The source of the problem is the ascendancy of the economic imperative, the subordination of the science of means (philosophy) by the s ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (111 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781845403430 1845403436 1845402316 9781845402310 1283445549 9781283445542 9786613445544 6613445541 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
