Saving Time :Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Saving Time :Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
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Published:
4 January, 2024
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Description
We're living on the wrong clock. Now is our moment to rethink.
In this provocative follow-up to How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell challenges our cultural obsession with productivity. Drawing on philosophy, ecology and art, Saving Time argues that time is not money – it’s life itself.
Odell explores how the ‘clock of capitalism’ dictates our days and disconnects us from natural rhythms, proposing instead a more humane, ecological understanding of time rooted in seasons, community and care. This Sunday Times-bestselling thinker offers both critique and comfort, inviting readers to pause, breathe and imagine freer ways of living.
‘To read it is … to experience how freedom might feel’ Oliver Burkeman
‘Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing’ Esquire
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781529924619 |
| ISBN10 | 1529924618 |
| Number Of Pages | 400 |
| Item Weight | 321 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
It is in the gap between present and future, where outcomes are not yet determined, that Jenny Odell enters with her paradigm-destroying new book ... [A] grand, eclectic, wide-ranging work * New York Times *
In a work both magisterial and elliptical, Odell takes on the concept of 'time' from every conceivable angle ... This is both an irresistible big-idea book an a guide to rethinking a burning world * LA Times *
A penetrating, provocative investigation into the subject of time - how to understand and live with it - on both an individual and societal level ... impressive * Shelf Awareness *
Temporal structure has its comforts, particularly following a tumultuous three years ... That yo-you effect [of the last few years] drew me to Saving Time, Jenny Odell's sharp book tracing the cultural forces that shape our conception of time * Laura Regensdorf, Vanity Fair *
Odell fights to provide us with an alternative way to experience the time we have * i Paper *
Ambitious ... a pleasure to read ... thought-provoking * New Scientist *
A sweeping yet personal challenge to assumptions Western society makes about the relationships between individuals and the finite hours in a given day * Time Magazine *
Odell argues convincingly that our daily experience is dominated by the corporate clock that so many of us contort ourselves to fit inside * Irish Independent *
The best beach read of the year ... Read it, and then think deeply about how you are reading your own time * The Media Leader *
Odell's latest book, Saving Time, is great at analysing where a lot of our notions about how to use our time came from (hint: capitalism). * RTE Ireland *
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Author's Bio
Jenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist and author. Her first book was the New York Times Bestseller, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Times, Sierra Magazine, and more. She lives in Oakland, California.