ISBN:
9781317213147
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (341 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Critical Leisure Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.36
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Leisure-Cross-cultural studies..
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Well-being-Cross-cultural studies
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Time management-Cross-cultural studies..
Abstract:
The significance of work and leisure as elements of our social fabric have puzzled philosophers and social scientists for generations. This ambitious new study considers historical views of work and leisure alongside contemporary survey evidence about time-use and well-being. Combining sophisticated theoretical analysis with empirical research, the book presents a contrarian argument that defines leisure as a serious and stimulating challenge rather than an unqualified benefit or good. This is vital reading for anyone with an interest in the concept of time in the social sciences, work-life balance, organisational studies, or the history, philosophy, or sociology of work and leisure.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Leisure, Work, and Well-Being through a Historical Lens -- 1 Leisure that Never Existed Before: A Historical Perspective -- 2 Was Plato a Friend or a Foe of Leisure? -- 3 Aristotle: Philosopher of Leisure and Happiness -- 4 Leisure in Ancient Rome: Otium and Panem et Circenses -- 5 Seneca: Philosopher of Tranquillity and Sadness -- 6 From the Vale of Tears to the Renaissance -- 7 St. Augustine: Leisure and Well-Being in the Earthly City and the City of God -- 8 Thomas Aquinas: Vita Activa or Vita Contemplativa? -- 9 Work and Leisure in Thomas More's Utopia -- 10 Montaigne's Essays and Pascal's Pensées: of Diversion and Happiness -- 11 Enlightenment's Vision of Work, Leisure, and the Arts -- 12 Adam Smith: Capitalism with a Human Face? -- 13 The 19th Century…Was there Ever a Golden Age? -- 14 Alexis De Tocqueville: Why are Americans Restless Amidst Prosperity? -- 15 Karl Marx: Between the 'Realm of Freedom' and 'Material Necessity' -- 16 Emile Durkheim: of Labour, Leisure, and Anomie -- 17 Max Weber: of Work Ethic, Leisure, and Disenchantment -- 18 Thorstein Veblen: from the Ethics of Work to Conspicuous Consumption -- 19 The 20th Century: Farewell to the 'Belle Époque' -- 20 Johan Huizinga: Sub Specie Ludi -- 21 Pitirim Sorokin: At the Crossroad of Ideational and Sensate Cultures -- 22 Josef Pieper: Apology for Vita Contemplativa -- 23 Hannah Arendt: of 'Human Condition' -- 24 From the Middletown and Middletown in Transition to the Lonely Crowd -- 25 Leisure Research Yesterday and Today: Quo Vadis? -- Part II: Leisure, Work, and Well-Being Today -- Intermission: Changing the Diopter -- 26 What Happened to the Society of Leisure? Two Scenarios.
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