Examine the different definitions of leisure and the purposes it has served throughout history to come up with your own definition of leisure and define the purposes you think it should for individuals and/or societies. How does your view relate to what Russell presents about leisure in his text “In Praise of Idleness”? In the rest of your essay‚ discuss to what extent Russell’s ideas about work and leisure are still valid in the contemporary society. Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher‚
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on leisure facilities‚ service and activities are suitable and enough for elderly in Hong Kong? Introduction A small-scale city of China‚ Hong Kong‚ there is estimated 7‚008‚900 people by the end of Year 2008. And more than 13% of it will be the elderly. In view of the older population growing up at full pelt in Hong Kong‚ and for quickly promoting educational and economic capability‚ the demands of elderly leisure facilities and services increase every year. Nowadays the leisure topic
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Leisure or free time‚ is a period of time spent out of work and essential domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational and discretionary time before or after necessary activities such as eating and sleeping‚ going to work or running a business‚ attending school and doing homework‚ household chores‚ and day-to-day stress. The distinction between leisure and unavoidable activities is loosely applied‚ i.e. people sometimes do work-oriented tasks for pleasure as well as for long-term utility
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Relationship between Leisure and Self-Identity Leisure plays an important role in identity formation. According to Haggard & Williams(1992)‚ we can construct contexts that provide us with information that believe and confirm who we are‚ and provide others with information that will agree them to understand us more accurately through leisure participation. But how the detail this process takes will be needed more descriptions and studies. Some researchers‚ like Shaw‚ Caldwell‚ Kivel and Kleiber
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According to Benjamin Franklin‚ ‘’ Leisure is the time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain‚ the lazy man never. ‘’ Scientists prove by given statistics that in America‚ people who do an activity‚ leisure and sports‚ everyday is 96.2%‚ and they spend an average of 5.18 hours per day. Leisure‚ or free time‚ is time spent away from obligations and work. Leisure‚ nowadays‚ becomes very actual and trendy‚ with gender equalities and with the modern world of today‚ it becomes
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Herbs vs. Popular Have you ever wondered why some “friends” abandon others when they get to High-School simply because they think the other person is a “herb”? Or why when you wear certain clothes you get shunned from your peers. In this article I will answer some questions: Why are smart kids so unpopular? What separates “Herbs” from popular kids? In this article I hope you come to understand why the stereotype of smart kids being “herbs” is not valid (like salad.) Maybe you might be thinking
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it has not been as successful as it is often think it would be. Leading us to the third part‚ which answers the question of what is the relation between this two‚ and why is the ‘system’ something we cannot escape from. In the book‚ The Theory of Leisure Class‚ Veblen talks about “conspicuous consumption”. This means to buy objects or services‚
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Customer Service Operations and Excellence Project Report How servicescapes affect the behaviour of Lagoon leisure centre customers August‚ 2008 Contents page 1. Leisure Lagoon centre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1p. 2. Introduction………. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Evolution of Leisure Leisure has always been part of the human life‚ we use leisure as a form of entertainment and to have a break from the daily routine. This essay will discuss the evolution of how we have used leisure throughout history to current modern society in Greek and Roman leisure‚ the industrial revolution and how it has changed society‚ and general leisure patters over the last 1000 years. Leisure has been developed in every culture to distract us from the work and stress in
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THE AMERICAN LEISURE CLASS Thorstein Veblen During the earlier stages of economic development‚ consumption of goods without stint‚ especially consumption of the better grades of goods – ideally all consumption in excess of the subsistence minimum – pertains normally to the leisure class. This restriction tends to disappear‚ at least formally‚ after the later peaceable stage has been reached with private ownership of goods and an industrial system based on wage labour or on the petty household
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