Johan Bouwer is Professor of Ethics in Business and Profession at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. Formerly, he held the positions of Senior Researcher in Meaning and Leisure at the Academy for Leisure, Director of Research and acting Rector Magnificus at the same university. He received his PhD from the Free University in Amsterdam in 1992. From 1997 to 2008, he was Professor of Spiritual Care in Health Care Institutions at Groningen University and the PThU in Kampen, the NetherlandsMarco van Leeuwen is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Coordinator of the academic Leisure Studies programme at the Academy for Leisure, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. He received his PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen in 2009 on the embodied and embedded cognition paradigm in the philosophy of psychology. He has published in refereed publications on dynamical systems theory, meaningful experiences, health and well-being, internet and social media, ethics and leisure theory

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• Foreword[Tony Blackshaw]IntroductionPart I: Leisure Ideas in History1. Leisure Ideas in HistoryIntermezzo: The times, they are a changin’Part II: Foundations of Leisure2. Leisure and Freedom3. Leisure and Meaningful Experiences4. Leisure and Identity5. Leisure and EthicsIntermezzo: Leisure, Postmodern Experience and CarePart III: Future Directions 6. Embodiment and Virtual Leisure7. Leisure and Spirituality: Fertile new approaches8. Leisure, Wellbeing and Self-Construal9. Idealistic Leisure in a Dynamic WorldConcluding Thoughts

Johan Bouwer is Professor of Ethics in Business and Profession at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. Formerly, he held the positions of Senior Researcher in Meaning and Leisure at the Academy for Leisure, Director of Research and acting Rector Magnificus at the same university. He received his PhD from the Free University in Amsterdam in 1992. From 1997 to 2008, he was Professor of Spiritual Care in Health Care Institutions at Groningen University and the PThU in Kampen, the NetherlandsMarco van Leeuwen is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Coordinator of the academic Leisure Studies programme at the Academy for Leisure, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. He received his PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen in 2009 on the embodied and embedded cognition paradigm in the philosophy of psychology. He has published in refereed publications on dynamical systems theory, meaningful experiences, health and well-being, internet and social media, ethics and leisure theory

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• Foreword[Tony Blackshaw]IntroductionPart I: Leisure Ideas in History1. Leisure Ideas in HistoryIntermezzo: The times, they are a changin’Part II: Foundations of Leisure2. Leisure and Freedom3. Leisure and Meaningful Experiences4. Leisure and Identity5. Leisure and EthicsIntermezzo: Leisure, Postmodern Experience and CarePart III: Future Directions 6. Embodiment and Virtual Leisure7. Leisure and Spirituality: Fertile new approaches8. Leisure, Wellbeing and Self-Construal9. Idealistic Leisure in a Dynamic WorldConcluding Thoughts

Johan Bouwer is Professor of Ethics in Business and Profession at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. Formerly, he held the positions of Senior Researcher in Meaning and Leisure at the Academy for Leisure, Director of Research and acting Rector Magnificus at the same university. He received his PhD from the Free University in Amsterdam in 1992. From 1997 to 2008, he was Professor of Spiritual Care in Health Care Institutions at Groningen University and the PThU in Kampen, the NetherlandsMarco van Leeuwen is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Coordinator of the academic Leisure Studies programme at the Academy for Leisure, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. He received his PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen in 2009 on the embodied and embedded cognition paradigm in the philosophy of psychology. He has published in refereed publications on dynamical systems theory, meaningful experiences, health and well-being, internet and social media, ethics and leisure theory

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• Foreword[Tony Blackshaw]IntroductionPart I: Leisure Ideas in History1. Leisure Ideas in HistoryIntermezzo: The times, they are a changin’Part II: Foundations of Leisure2. Leisure and Freedom3. Leisure and Meaningful Experiences4. Leisure and Identity5. Leisure and EthicsIntermezzo: Leisure, Postmodern Experience and CarePart III: Future Directions 6. Embodiment and Virtual Leisure7. Leisure and Spirituality: Fertile new approaches8. Leisure, Wellbeing and Self-Construal9. Idealistic Leisure in a Dynamic WorldConcluding Thoughts