Joffre Dumazedier and the definition of leisure

Veal, AJ

Joffre Dumazedier and the definition of leisure

Veal, AJ

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Loisir et Societe, 2019, 42 (2), pp. 187 - 200
Issue Date:: 2019-05-04

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dc.contributor.author	Veal, AJ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-0080	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:05:06Z
dc.date.issued	2019-05-04	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Loisir et Societe, 2019, 42 (2), pp. 187 - 200	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0705-3436	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135989
dc.description.abstract	© 2019, © 2019 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. One of the most widely cited definitions of leisure is that presented by Joffre Dumazedier, originally published in 1962 and based on three functions of leisure identified in his empirical research in France. Three issues are addressed in this paper. First, aspects of the English translation of the definition, published in the USA in 1967, are found to be inappropriate and misleading. Second, attention is drawn to the unexplained omission of experiential features of leisure, also identified in Dumazedier’s research. Third, it is observed that, in the 1970s, Dumazedier disavowed his original definition and replaced it with a more exclusive perspective identifying him with the ‘Leisure Aristotelians’. Possible reasons for the original omission of experiential dimensions and for Dumazedier’s decision to replace his definition with a very different one are discussed, together with consideration of the lack of attention given to these matters by leisure studies scholars.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Loisir et Societe	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/07053436.2019.1625533	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	en_US
dc.title	Joffre Dumazedier and the definition of leisure	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

© 2019, © 2019 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. One of the most widely cited definitions of leisure is that presented by Joffre Dumazedier, originally published in 1962 and based on three functions of leisure identified in his empirical research in France. Three issues are addressed in this paper. First, aspects of the English translation of the definition, published in the USA in 1967, are found to be inappropriate and misleading. Second, attention is drawn to the unexplained omission of experiential features of leisure, also identified in Dumazedier’s research. Third, it is observed that, in the 1970s, Dumazedier disavowed his original definition and replaced it with a more exclusive perspective identifying him with the ‘Leisure Aristotelians’. Possible reasons for the original omission of experiential dimensions and for Dumazedier’s decision to replace his definition with a very different one are discussed, together with consideration of the lack of attention given to these matters by leisure studies scholars.

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