Personal being and the human context of leisure

Alec Gordon

pp. 80-103

in: Tom Winnifrith, Cyril Barrett (eds), The philosophy of leisure, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1989

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to carry out a philosophical intervention in the area of leisure theory. My concern in doing so is to argue the thesis that the proper philosophical context for theoretical reflection on the phenomenon of leisure is to pay due regard to the overall human context of the world of meaning which constitutes and is constituted by authentic personal and social-cultural creativity. The broader philosophically significant political context of the latter is that form of political constitution and organisation of civil society which enables the realisation of authentically meaningful leisure activities, that is the best modes of life which it is considered worthwhile to lead.