LSR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Otium, Motivation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Leisure Studies
• Course: LSR 1100
• Professor: George Karlis

Document Summary

The english word leisure derives from the latin word licere. )mplies; (cid:498)to be allowed(cid:499) and (cid:498)freedom from restraint(cid:499) (cid:523)also got turned into the word license) Otium referred to contemplation and opportunity for freedom from both time and occupation degrazia: It had more value than work. aschole - the notion of leisure being seen negatively (aka work) They focus on how leisure is an experience. Leisure is an experience that comes from within. Determined primarily by our state of mind and cognitive experience. According to them, in order to understand leisure, you need to understand the psychological experience of it. (cid:498))t is important to understand all of these properties as defining the psychological experience of leisure. They argue that in order to find leisure, you have to recognize that there are a number of characteristics of leisure. They talk about how challenging it is to define leisure because of its broad meaning and different interpretations by people.