Lesiure (sic) and civility: reflections on a Greek ideal
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ABSTRACT:
De Grazia's study Of Time, Work, and Leisure requires reinterpretation based on a more thorough understanding of the Aristotelian conception of leisure on which it is based. The prevailing approach to Aristotle is that his conception of leisure focuses on withdrawal into philosophical contemplation. This is inaccurate for several reasons. Reviewing the interconnections among the concept of civility and Aristotle's emphasis in his practical philosophy on participation in the communal affairs of the city-state, leisure is seen to be the arena in which the virtues of civil character are sought, demonstrated, and refined. This gives leisure a far more central place in the lives of people in themselves and in their communities. De Grazia's appeal to this conception in criticizing modern leisure thus becomes a more powerful indictment than has generally been recognized. Offers a reinterpretation of Sebastian de Grazia's OF TIME, WORK, AND LEISURE (1964) through an extended analysis of the Aristotelian concept of leisure on which the book is based. Contends that the prevailing approach to Aristotle - that his concept of leisure focuses on withdrawal into philosophical contemplation - is inaccurate. Reviews the interconnections of the concept of civility and Aristotle's emphasis on participation in the communal affairs of the city state. Observes that leisure in this context is perceived to be the arena in which the virtues of civil character are sought, demonstrated, and refined. Relates this alternative version of Aristotle's concept of leisure to de Grazia's criticisms of modern leisure.
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