000438489 000__ 03097cam\a2200385\a\4500 000438489 001__ 438489 000438489 005__ 20210513152923.0 000438489 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000438489 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000438489 008__ 120531s2011\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000438489 010__ $$z 2011028844 000438489 020__ $$a9780230348721$$q(electronic book) 000438489 020__ $$z9780230280519 000438489 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn759166292 000438489 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC797953 000438489 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511089 000438489 035__ $$a438489 000438489 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000438489 05014 $$aGV14$$b.S63 2011eb 000438489 08204 $$a790.1$$223 000438489 1001_ $$aSpracklen, Karl. 000438489 24510 $$aConstructing leisure$$h[electronic resource] :$$bhistorical and philosophical debates /$$cKarl Spracklen. 000438489 260__ $$aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ;$$aNew York :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2011. 000438489 300__ $$a1 online resource (224 p.) 000438489 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000438489 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- Philosophy of Leisure -- Leisure and Human Nature -- Leisure in Classical History -- Leisure, Islam and Byzantium -- Leisure in the Middle Ages -- Leisure in Japan, China and India -- Early Modern Leisure -- Leisure in Modernity -- Leisure in Historiography -- Future Histories of Leisure -- Conclusions -- References -- Index 000438489 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000438489 520__ $$aThis book looks back at the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past. But this is not a simple social history of leisure. It is not enough to write a history of leisure on its own 6 in fact, it is impossible without engaging in the debate about what counts as leisure (in the present and in the past). Writing a history of leisure, then, entails writing a philosophy of leisure: and any history needs to be a philosophical history as well. That is the purpose of this book. It provides an account of leisure through historical time, how leisure was constructed and understood by historical actors, how communicative reason and free will interacted with instrumentality at different times, how historians have reconstructed past leisure through historiography, and finally, how writers have perceived the meaning and purpose of leisure in alternative histories. Providing a sweeping overview of the field, Karl Spracklen charts how the concept of leisure was understood in Ancient history, through to modern times, and looks at leisure in different societies and cultures including Byzantium and Asian civilizations, as well as looking at leisure and Islam. Spracklen concludes with a chapter on future histories of leisure. 000438489 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000438489 650_0 $$aLeisure$$xPhilosophy. 000438489 650_0 $$aLeisure$$vCross-cultural studies. 000438489 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSpracklen, Karl.$$tConstruction leisure.$$dHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011$$z9780230280519$$w(DLC) 2011028844$$w(OCoLC)729342651 000438489 8520_ $$bacq 000438489 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000438489 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=797953$$zOnline Access 000438489 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:438489$$pGLOBAL_SET 000438489 980__ $$aEBOOK 000438489 980__ $$aBIB 000438489 982__ $$aEbook 000438489 983__ $$aOnline