Waiting for the Weekend
By (author): "Witold Rybczynski"
Publish Date:
August 19th 1991
ISBN0140126635
ISBN139780140126631
AsinWaiting for the Weekend
Original titleWaiting for the Weekend
Aristotle wrote that we work in order to have leisure. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of--the freedom to do nothing--the same as the leisure we look forward to each weekend? With fascinating anecdotal detail, Rybczynski unfolds the history of leisure from ancient Rome to the Enlightenment to today, explores the origins of the week and the weekend, and illuminates its profound influences on our lives.