The Palgrave handbook of leisure theory /
This is the first handbook devoted entirely to leisure theory, charting the history and philosophy of leisure, theories in religion and culture, and rational theories of leisure in the Western philosophical tradition, as well as a range of socio-cultural theories from thinkers such as Adorno, Bauman...
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2017
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Introduction to€the€Palgrave Handbook of€Leisure Theory; Preamble; Structure and€Content; A Note on€Leisure; References; Part I: Traditional Theories of Leisure; Introduction; Islam and€Leisure; Leisure in€the€Islamic Tradition; Muslim Youths' Leisure Participation in€Diaspora; Leisure Facilitation by€the€Public or by€the€Muslim Communities?; Seeking "Halal Leisure"; References; Centring Leisure: A€Hindu View of€Leisure; Concept of€Freedom in€Hinduism; Methodology.
- Analysis of€the€Three States of€Consciousness The Four Great Aspirations; The Four Stages of€Life; Objective of€Leisure; Needed: A€Critical Theory of€Leisure; References; Listening to€Nineteenth-Century Kanaka ʻŌiwi Voices; Re-imagining the€Possibilities for€Leisure; Comparative Method: A€Word About€Translation; Brief Summary of€Context: The€Hawaiian Kingdom 1874-1891; Comparative Method: Western Leisure Concepts or "The Hinge"; Comparative Method: Poni Mōʻī and€Jubilee; Nineteenth-Century Leisure Responds; Rectification and€Conclusion; References.
- Leisure in€Latin America: A€Conceptual Analysis Introduction; Leisure Understandings of€Latin American Interviewed; Final Considerations; References; The Sabbath as€the€Ideal Manifestation of€Leisure in€Traditional Jewish Thought; Introduction: From€a€Traditional Jewish Conception of€Leisure to€a€Contemporary Jewish Approach; The Sabbath Between€Tradition and€Modernity: Features of€the€Sabbath in€Modern Leisure Terms; Sabbath as€Leisure; The Sabbath as€a€Time of€Leisure; The Sabbath in€Terms of€Leisure Activities; Sabbath as€a€State of€Mind; The Sabbath as€a€Value.
- Modern Challenges to€the€Sabbath The Sabbath as€an€Educational Challenge for€Promoting Intercultural Understanding and€Tolerance; Summary and€Discussion; References; Leisure Activities in€Southeast Asia, from€Pre-colonial Times to€the€Present; Pre-colonial Indigenous Leisure and€Its Contemporary Manifestations; Colonial Leisure; Leisure as€a€Nation-Building Strategy; Globalisation and€Leisure in€Southeast Asia; Music and€Performing Arts; Reviving Indigenous Leisure Activities; Conclusion; References; Sport, Leisure and€Culture in€Māori Society.
- Ethnography and€Māori Sport and€Leisure The Revitalisation of€Māori Sport and€Games; Conclusions; References; Leisure Experience and€Engaged Buddhism: Mindfulness as€a€Path to€Freedom and€Justice in€Leisure Studies; Mindfulness as€the€Path to€Deepening Leisure Experiences; Noticing When We€Are on€Autopilot; Practicing Present Moment Awareness; Approaching with€Beginner's Mind to€Understand; Growing Our Capacity to€Sit with€Discomfort, Enacting Patience as€a€Form of€Wisdom Without€Judging, Striving, or Pushing Experience Out€of€Consciousness.
