The Future Of Work And Leisure
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of labour and liberty stands one of sociology's most provocative questions: what happens to human identity when the boundary between work and free time begins to dissolve? Stanley Parker's The Future of Work and Leisure presents a rigorous and searching analysis of how modern industrial society structures the lives of workers, arguing that the relationship between employment and personal time is not merely a matter of scheduling, but a profound determinant of social character, human fulfilment, and cultural health. Drawing on empirical research and sociological theory, Parker details three distinct patterns — extension, opposition, and neutrality — through which individuals relate their working lives to their leisure, illustrating how occupation shapes personality and vice versa. Parker writes with the clarity and conviction of a scholar who believes that understanding leisure is as urgent as understanding labour itself, situating his argument within the broader context of automation, reduced working hours, and the emerging post-industrial society of the late twentieth century. His prose is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, demanding that readers reconsider assumptions about productivity, rest, and what it truly means to live a well-rounded life. As technological change continues to reshape the world of work at an ever-accelerating pace, The Future of Work and Leisure remains a landmark text — and its central question, of who we are when we are not working, has never felt more urgent.
Author: Stanley Parker
Format: Paperback
Genre: Society & culture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of labour and liberty stands one of sociology's most provocative questions: what happens to human identity when the boundary between work and free time begins to dissolve? Stanley Parker's The Future of Work and Leisure presents a rigorous and searching analysis of how modern industrial society structures the lives of workers, arguing that the relationship between employment and personal time is not merely a matter of scheduling, but a profound determinant of social character, human fulfilment, and cultural health. Drawing on empirical research and sociological theory, Parker details three distinct patterns — extension, opposition, and neutrality — through which individuals relate their working lives to their leisure, illustrating how occupation shapes personality and vice versa. Parker writes with the clarity and conviction of a scholar who believes that understanding leisure is as urgent as understanding labour itself, situating his argument within the broader context of automation, reduced working hours, and the emerging post-industrial society of the late twentieth century. His prose is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, demanding that readers reconsider assumptions about productivity, rest, and what it truly means to live a well-rounded life. As technological change continues to reshape the world of work at an ever-accelerating pace, The Future of Work and Leisure remains a landmark text — and its central question, of who we are when we are not working, has never felt more urgent.