The Philosophy of leisure
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The Philosophy of leisure
（Warwick studies in the European humanities）
Macmillan, 1989
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Includes index
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Description
Leisure, whether chosen or forced upon us, is rapidly becoming a predominant form of life for everyone. What few people realise is that the notion of leisure is highly complex and to be handled with care. In this book the authors have endeavoured to confront the complexity of this notion and clarify it. In particular they have addressed themselves to the paradoxical question of work and leisure: which is liberating? And they discuss the philosophy of leisure in its historical context, particularly that of Aristotle, for whom leisure was the supreme form of human life.
Table of Contents
- Notes on the Contributors - Introduction
- C.Barrett - The Concept of Leisure: Idea and Ideal
- C.Barrett - Leisure: The Purpose of Life and the Nature of Philosophy
- R.T.Allen - Work, Leisure and Human Needs
- S.Sayers - Lived Time, Leisure and Retirement
- M.Roche - Personal Being and the Human Context of Leisure
- A.Gordon - Another Way of Being: Leisure and the Possibility of Privacy
- M.Davies - Sport as Moral Educator: Reason and Habit on the School Playing Field
- S.Eassom - Playing the Game: Morality versus Leisure
- T.Winnifrith - French Intellectuals and Leisure: the Case of Emmanuel Mounier
- B.Rigby - Index
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