Self-help Books on Avoiding Time Shortage

Bibliographic Data

ID4356086
AuthorsJörgen Larsson (0000-0002-7376-5499, Department of Sociology, Göteborg University, Sweden), Christer Sanne (department for Urban Studies, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden)
Year2005
Volume14
Issue2-3
Pages213-230
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x05055135
OpenAlexW2118248347
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited28

Self-help books are tokens of our reflexive individualized society. The widespread experience of too high a pace in daily life and too little time for recovery and for social relations have resulted in books focusing on avoiding time shortage. In our analysis of the advice in such books we found time-management categories such as streamlining activities and buying services. Other identified categories focus on life-management strategies such as setting limits to time-consuming aspirations. Questioning personal aspirations in areas such as work and consumption appears to be an adequate way of avoiding time shortage and increasing one's quality of life but this is also a challenging task due to the importance most people attach to these areas for identity creation and social acceptance

Aesthetics · Business · Consumption (sociology · Economic shortage · Economics · Identity (music · Management · Pace · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Task (project management · Time management · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Marketing

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