Abstract

We provide a critical approach to current colloquial and scholarly understandings of leisure focusing on instrumental understandings of leisure in modern, liberal-democratic society since these instrumental understandings (e.g., diversion, distinction, consumerism, and restoration for work) create confusion about the meaning of leisure. We identify that (a) emphasis on instrumental thinking prevailing in modern society moves people away from embracing leisure as an end with its inherent experiences of meaning and flourishing, and (b) to bring these elements back into leisure, we draw on post-modern, neo-Aristotelian philosophical approaches. We reject the notion of leisure as time or activity and adopt a normative approach identifying leisure as an ethical state of being characterized by authenticity, meaning, and liquidity involving learning as it intertwines with positivity. We provide an account of leisure that builds upon the idea that the good life exists through flourishing, and identify how leisure experiences promote flourishing.

摘要

我们为当前对休闲的口语和学术理解提供了一种批判性方法，重点是现代自由民主社会对休闲的工具性理解，因为这些工具性理解（例如，转移、区分、消费主义和恢复工作）造成了对休闲意义的混淆。闲暇。我们确定 (a) 强调现代社会盛行的工具性思维使人们不再将休闲视为其固有的意义和繁荣体验的目的，并且 (b) 将这些元素带回休闲，我们借鉴了后现代, 新亚里士多德哲学方法。我们拒绝将休闲视为时间或活动的概念，并采用规范方法将休闲视为一种道德状态，其特征在于真实性、意义、流动性涉及学习，因为它与积极性交织在一起。我们提供了一个建立在美好生活源于繁荣的理念之上的休闲描述，并确定了休闲体验如何促进繁荣。