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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Spracklen, K

Titel

Constructing Leisure: Historical and Philosophical Debates

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 This book looks back at the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past. But this is not a simple social history of leisure. It is not enough to write a history of leisure on its own – in fact, it is impossible without engaging in the debate about what counts as leisure (in the present and in the past). Writing a history of leisure, then, entails writing a philosophy of leisure: and any history needs to be a philosophical history as well. That is the purpose of this book. It provides an account of leisure through historical time, how leisure was constructed and understood by historical actors, how communicative reason and free will interacted with instrumentality at different times, how historians have reconstructed past leisure through historiography, and finally, how writers have perceived the meaning and purpose of leisure in alternative histories. Providing a sweeping overview of the field, Karl Spracklen charts how the concept of leisure was understood in Ancient history, through to modern times, and looks at leisure in different societies and cultures including Byzantium and Asian civilizations, as well as looking at leisure and Islam. Spracklen concludes with a chapter on future histories of leisure. 04 02 Introduction Philosophy of Leisure Leisure and Human Nature Leisure in Classical History Leisure, Islam and Byzantium Leisure in the Middle Ages Leisure in Japan, China and India Early Modern Leisure Leisure in Modernity Leisure in Historiography Future Histories of Leisure Conclusions References Index 02 02 This book provides an account of leisure through historical time, exploring the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past, and across different cultures. 31 02 This book draws on Habermas to outline how the concept of leisure has been constructed and interpreted at different points in time and by different civilizations  13 02 KARL SPRACKLEN is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has published papers on leisure, sport, tourism and identity and his previous publications include The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure and Sport and Challenges to Racism. 19 02 Examines the meaning and purpose of leisure at key historical points to provide a unique take on the role of leisure in society Pushes forward theoretical understandings of leisure - traditionally an under-theorized area Examines a wide-ranging view of leisure as understood in Greek philosophy, by historians in the Ancient World, in Asian civilizations, during the Enlightenment and in the post-modern era