Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream

Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream by Steven Watts


ISBN
9780471690597
Published
Released
03 / 11 / 2008
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
544
Dimensions
168 x 244 x 45mm

"From the beginning, Hefner's personal experiences provided the stuff of his public career. The private man relentlessly pursued his dream of "personal, political, and economic freedom" and viewed his pursuit of fun not as immature, something critics often charged, but as a happy embodiment of childhood optimism in a cynical world. He challenged traditional institutions such as marriage, the family, and religion because he had experienced them as impediments, not aids, to individual happiness. In Hefner's calculus, the crucial component was individual desire, not social expectation. He saw his own life as demonstrating that 'you don't have to live by somebody else's rules.'"
— from Mr. Playboy.
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