Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Why our time-obsessed society keeps us running in place
BUSY BODIES
Autor: Leland Smith Burns
Ilustracije: Shinji Isozaki
Izdavač: W. W. Norton & Company, New York 1993.
Tvrd povez, zaštitni omot, 400 stranica
Tekst na engleskom jeziku
Vrlo dobro očuvano
- `This book is a warning about the late twentieth-century American disease - the increasing time pressures that are eroding our quality of life. Today many Americans are harried and frustrated with their lives, despite being richer in material goods. Lee Burns explains this through what he calls The Paradox of the Good Life. In our affluent society, technology was supposed to free us for greater leisure time and creativity. Instead, the demands of our increasingly complex lives have come up against the unyielding 24-hour day. As a result we have become Busy Bodies, working frantically to maintain our standard of living, but not seeming to get much satisfaction. With humor and wit the author shows how this obsession with time has crept into every aspect of our lives.`



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