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.
| ISBN: | 9780803988125 |
| Publication date: | 20th March 1995 |
| Author: | Chris Rojek |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Genres: |
Sociology: sport and leisure Anthropology Cultural studies |
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.
Decentring Leisure features in the following genres: Sociology: sport and leisure, Anthropology, Cultural studies
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Decentring Leisure was written by Chris Rojek and published by Sage Publications Ltd
Decentring Leisure has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society series
£165.60, reduced from £184.00. Not Available.