ISBN:
9780415734608
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (221 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Capitalism and Leisure Theory (Routledge Revivals)
DDC:
306.48
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1985, this title explores theories of leisure in a capitalist society. Basing his argument on a refutation of the conventional association of leisure with freedom and free time, Chris Rojek examines the four main structural characteristics of modern leisure practice: privatisation, individuation, commercialisation and pacification. The writings of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Freud are used to locate the question of leisure in more mainstream social theory. This interesting reissue will be of particular value to students of sociology and leisure studies, and those with an inte
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Leisure without society?; PART ONE LEISURE TODAY AND THE SUBMERGED TRADITION IN LEISURE THEORY; 1 The structural characteristics of modern leisure practice; 2 Leisure and social intervention; 3 Laissez-Faire leisure; PART TWO LEISURE THEORY AND MULTI-PARADIGMATIC RIVALRY; 4 Social formalism and leisure; 5 Neo-Marxist approaches to leisure; 6 Leisure, signification, and power; 7 Leisure and figurational sociology
Description / Table of Contents:
8 The sociology of pleasureNotes; References; Name index; Subject index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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