Decentring leisure: rethinking leisure theory

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This book explores the meaning of leisure in the context of key social formations of our time. Chris Rojek brings together the insights of feminsim, Marxism, Weber, Elias, Simmel, Nietzsche and Baudrillard to produce a survey - and rethinking - of leisure theory. At the same time he presents a radical critique of the traditional c̀entring' of leisure, on èscape', f̀reedom' and c̀hoice'. He describes the relations between capitalism and leisure, the meaning of free time for workers in a capitalist …

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

Summary

This book explores the meaning of leisure in the context of key social formations of our time. Chris Rojek brings together the insights of feminsim, Marxism, Weber, Elias, Simmel, Nietzsche and Baudrillard to produce a survey - and rethinking - of leisure theory. At the same time he presents a radical critique of the traditional c̀entring' of leisure, on èscape', f̀reedom' and c̀hoice'. 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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (215 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781848609655, 1848609655, 058535359X, 9780585353593, 9781446279090, 144627909X, 1282559036, 9781282559035, 9786612559037, 6612559039
oclc:ocn593240012
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.