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The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure

Habermas and Leisure at the End of Modernity

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Karl Spracklen

    1. Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 1-7

  3. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Paradox of Leisure

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 11-30

    3. Habermas and Communicative and Instrumental Rationality

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 31-51

    4. Habermas, Globalization and Postmodernity

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 52-71

    5. Reading Habermas on Leisure

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 72-90

  4. Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Applying Habermas to Sport

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 93-114

    3. Applying Habermas to Culture

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 115-137

    4. Applying Habermas to Tourism

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 138-157

    5. Conclusions

      • Karl Spracklen
      Pages 158-159

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 160-175
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About this book

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.

Reviews

'Spracklen's two books (both of which apply a Habermasian perspective to the study of leisure) are probably the most important contributions to leisure scholarship so far in the twenty-first century.' - Ken Roberts, Leisure Studies

Authors and Affiliations

  • Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

    Karl Spracklen

About the author

Karl Spracklen is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has published papers on leisure, sport, tourism and identity and his previous publications include The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure and Sport and Challenges to Racism. New Books in Critical Theory have recently released a podcast about Professor Spracklen's book Whiteness and Leisure . You can listen to the interview, between Professor Spracklen and Dr Dave O'Brien, here: http://newbooksincriticaltheory.com/2014/09/12/karl-spracklen-whiteness-and-leisure-palgrave-macmillan-2013/

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