Decentring Leisure
Download or Read eBook Decentring Leisure PDF written by Chris Rojek and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-03-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Chris Rojek |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 1995-03-08 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0803988133 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780803988132 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Decentring Leisure by : Chris Rojek
Book excerpt: 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.
