1st Edition

The Idea of Leisure First Principles

By Robert A. Stebbins Copyright 2012
142 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

A range of thinkers in philosophy, religion, and the social sciences have argued that thanks to science, technology, and the organization of society, the human condition has improved and will continue to do so. People are becoming progressively happier and enjoying an ever-improving quality of life, they say, mostly because they are putting their skills and reason to work. The Idea of Leisure... Read more
List of Tables and Figures ,Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 Leisure and the Individual, 2 Leisure in Context, 3 Th ree Domains of Activity, 4 Th e Serious Leisure Perspective, 5 Leisure’s Image in the Twenty-First Century, References, Index

Biography

Robert A. Stebbins