Decentring Leisure Rethinking Leisure Theory (PDF)

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Synopsis

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 'centring' of leisure, on 'escape', 'freedom' and 'choice'.

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.

Book details

Author:
Chris Rojek
ISBN:
9781848609655
Related ISBNs:
9780803988125, 9780803988132, 9781446226131
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-07-24
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1995
Copyright by:
SAGE Publications 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction