REC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1&2: Conspicuous Leisure, Industrial Revolution, Conspicuous Consumption
1 Dec 2012
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In ancient greece there were clear distinctions between work, recreation, and leisure: work: a means to provide for life"s needs, recreation: rest from work, leisure: the noblest pursuit in life. Augustine, a theologian and bishop, noted that there were 3 types of life: a life of leisure, a life of action, a combined life of action and leisure. The classical view of leisure: emphasizes contemplation, enjoyment of self in search of knowledge, debate, politics, and cultural enlightenment . The leisure as activity view: non-work activity in which people engage during their free time apart from obligations of work, family, and society. In roman society, otium (leisure) began to be for negotium"s (work"s) sake. Dumazedier believed leisure had 3 functions: relaxation, entertainment, development of personality. Casual leisure: an immediately, intrinsically rewarding, relatively short-lived pleasurable activity requiring little or no special training to enjoy it include/involve play, relaxation, passive or active entertainment, conversation, sensory stimulation, or casual volunteering: central characteristic: pleasure.
