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The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure Habermas and Leisure at the End of Modernity /

This book uses the work of Jurgen Habermas to interrogate leisure as a meaningful, theoretical concept. Drawing on examples from sport, culture and tourism, and going beyond concerns about the grand project of leisure, Spracklen argues that leisure is central to understanding wider debates about ide...

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Main Authors: Spracklen, Karl, 1972
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Sociology: sport & leisure
Consumerism
Lifestyle, sport & leisure
Cultural studies
Social theory
Society
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230239500
Summary: This book uses the work of Jurgen Habermas to interrogate leisure as a meaningful, theoretical concept. Drawing on examples from sport, culture and tourism, and going beyond concerns about the grand project of leisure, Spracklen argues that leisure is central to understanding wider debates about identity, postmodernity and globalization.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 184 p.
ISBN: 9780230205253
9780230239500 :
0230239501 :
CLC: C913.3
Contents: Introduction Part I: THEORY The Paradox of Leisure Habermas and Communicatove and Instrumental Rationality Habermas, Globalization and Postmodernity Reading Habermas on Leisure Part II: RESEARCH Applying Habermas to Sport Applying Habermas to Culture Applying Habermas to Tourism Conclusions References.

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