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Routledge
220 Pages
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Routledge
220 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction: Leisure without Society?; Part 1 Leisure Today and the Submerged Tradition in Leisure Theory; Chapter 1 The Structural Characteristics of Modern Leisure Practice; Chapter 2 Leisure and Social Intervention; Chapter 3 Laissez-Faire Leisure; Part 2 Leisure Theory and Multi-Paradigmatic Rivalry; Chapter 4 Social Formalism and Leisure; Chapter 5 Neo-Marxist Approaches to Leisure; Chapter 6 Leisure, Signification, and Power; Chapter 7 Leisure and Figurational Sociology; Chapter 8 The Sociology of Pleasure;
Biography
Chris Rojek
