“The individual seems free: he can get information, vote for whomever he wants, buy whatever he likes. But he seems buffeted by advertising, as dazed by winking lights and bright colors as a rustic. The more he spends to save time and buy status the more he must work to have the money to save time.”
De Grazia examines the role of leisure in our lives. Invoking the wisdom of the ancient philosophers, he aims to answer: What is work? What is time? What is leisure?
Author: Sebastian de Grazia
Title: Of Time, Work and Leisure
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1962
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 559p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket (price-clipped) with edge wear, moderate chipping, and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine very clean with mild edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding sturdy and square. Pages toned. Foxing on top edge. Owner’s name on front paste-down.
Comments: Nice copy
