Leisure in a post-work society

A Future for UK Leisure Studies: Back to Work

“…Leisure is shaped by work, temporally and financially. Snape et al (2017) are correct: both work and leisure today are different than in the 1960s and 70s. Nevertheless, work and leisure continue to define one another.…”

“…The first is devoted to changes in work since the 1970s. The second is a collection of papers on leisure and well-being, leisure studies' new 'central life interest' into which Snape et al (2017) advise the subject to collapse.…”

Reflections on Work, Leisure and Well-Being

“…It has long been considered that advances in technology will destroy some jobs and create others. There may be an increase in free time for many people, which may or may not be experienced as leisure, though the experience may be tempered by a Universal Basic Income, (Snape et al 2017), which is now being trialled in several countries.…”

Moving beyond anthropocentrism in leisure research: multispecies perspectives

“…He defines leisure as "uncoerced activity undertaken during free time where such activity is something people want to do" (Stebbins, 2005: 350). Rojek (1997) has traced changes in leisure theory, while Snape et al (2017) discuss how leisure is seen primarily as the antithesis of work. Carr (2017) focuses on debates about the importance of freedom to constructions of leisure.…”

“…Consequently, nonhuman animals should not be excluded from ideas of leisure on the grounds of inability to exercise some degree of agency. Snape et al (2017) suggest that leisure is usually defined in opposition to work, so is work a solely human phenomenon? Again, many researchers suggest it is not.…”