Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society?

Name: Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society?
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The idea of a \u2018leisure society\u2019 was in its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was predicted that the pattern of falling working hours which had been experienced in Western societies in the first half of the twentieth century would continue indefinitely. The leisure society has clearly not been realised. On the contrary: contemporary industrial societies seem to be characterised by a shortage of time, experienced as \u2018time squeeze\u2019 and stress. The leisure society idea can be seen as the modern version of the age-old dream of a \u2018life of ease and plenty\u2019.