Constructing Leisure (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
232
Utgivningsdatum
2011-01-01
Upplaga
1st ed. 2011
Förlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Illustrationer
VIII, 232 p.
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 13 mm
Vikt
322 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
1 Paperback / softback
ISBN
9781349327690

Constructing Leisure

Historical and Philosophical Debates

av K Spracklen
Häftad,  Engelska, 2011-01-01
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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.
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'Spracklen's two books (both of which apply a Habermasian perspective to the study of leisure) are probably the most important contributions to leisure scholarship so far in the twenty-first century.' - Ken Roberts, Leisure Studies

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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. New Books in Critical Theory have recently released a podcast about Professor Spracklen's book Whiteness and Leisure . You can listen to the interview, between Professor Spracklen and Dr Dave O'Brien, here: http://newbooksincriticaltheory.com/2014/09/12/karl-spracklen-whiteness-and-leisure-palgrave-macmillan-2013/

Innehållsförteckning

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

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