The Problem of Leisure [1 ed.] 0367133075, 9780367133078

First published in 1938. This study examines various aspects of leisure in the early twentieth century. The author obser

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The Problem of Leisure [1 ed.]
0367133075, 9780367133078

Explores how and why leisure became an object of such intense interest, concern, and surveillance during the Great Depre

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One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis o

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In the wake of the American and French revolutions, European culture saw the evolution of a new leisure regime never pre

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In today's crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of us

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The burgeoning social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel an

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n The Theory of the Leisure Class, Veblen writes critically of conspicuous consumption and its function in social-class

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In The Problem of Knowledge (1956), Ayer defended a context-based account of knowledge that had as its essential ingredi

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The burgeoning social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel an

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