{"product_id":"griffith-review-81-the-leisure-principle-9781922212863","title":"Griffith Review 81: The Leisure Principle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1930, John Maynard Keynes spelt out a vision of the impending utopia. Work, he said, will become a thing of the past. 'For the first time since creation,' he predicted, 'man will be faced with his real, his permanent problem - how to occupy the leisure which science...will have won for him.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo where did this vision of future past go? Like baco-foil suits and meals of protein pills, it proved to be a concept that withered on the vine. Instead of an excess of free time to be enjoyed at leisure, a radically different regime now dominates the developed nations: \u003cem\u003ethe leisure principle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe leisure principle is one of work hard to play hard, a rigorous pursuit of monetarised hedonism: YOLO, live your best life, \u003cem\u003ehave a good time all the time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the ecstasy of the digital to the monied spectacle that is sport, the gamification of everyday life to the flourishing hierarchy of influencers, \u003cem\u003eGriffith Review 81: The Leisure Principle\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to scrutinise the terms and conditions of this contemporary compact and consider how we came to cede so much just to amuse ourselves to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078729220332,"sku":"9781922212863","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10539753482872.jpg?v=1765219219","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/griffith-review-81-the-leisure-principle-9781922212863","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}