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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Research
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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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
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Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Karl Spracklen
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure
Book Subtitle: Habermas and Leisure at the End of Modernity
Authors: Karl Spracklen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230239500
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-20525-3Published: 07 May 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23950-0Published: 07 May 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 175
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Sociology, general, Popular Science, general, Cultural Studies, Social Theory