Decentring leisure: rethinking leisure theory

by Rojek, Chris

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Title Statements

Full title :Decentring leisure : rethinking leisure theory / Chris Rojek.

Summary

In the first part, he describes the relations between capitalism and leisure, the meaning of free time for workers in a capitalist system, and the gendered nature of leisure. He then discusses the social construction of leisure under modernity and the main competing arguments - that it imprisons the individual and reinforces conformity or that it liberates people and releases their creativity. Finally, he examines postmodernity, the cultural condition which has radically changed the idea of leisure. Revealing how leisure practices have responded to living in a risk society, he shows that 'free' time becomes something very different when simulation and nostalgia lie at the heart of everyday life. Decentring Leisure will be essential reading for students and lecturers in leisure studies, cultural studies and social theory.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

Description:215 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0803988125, 9780803988125, 0803988133, 9780803988132, 9781848609655, 1848609655
oclc:ocm32665140
LC Classification:GV14.45
Dewey Decimal:790/.01/35

Introduction: Capitalism/mopdernity/postmodernity -- Capitalism: production -- Capitalism: reproduction -- Modernity 1: the roots of order -- Mechanisms of regulation -- Modernity 2: the disorder of things -- The phenomenology of leisure -- Postmodernity and postmodernism -- Postmodern leisure -- Conclusion: homo faber/homo ludens.

Subjects

Bürger, Christa Freizeit Industriegesellschaft Kapitalismus Lazer leisure Leisure -- Social aspects Loisirs -- Aspect social Moderne Postmodernisme Theorie vrije tijd