Where Are we at Home?

Heller, Ágnes

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“…In fact, when skholērs come together in value-spheres there is also a wholesale democratizing of the group. Absolute spirit, Hegel said, is about remembrance and recollection (Heller 2011). Remembrance and recollection is hermeneutics in action -a way not only of sharing experiences from the past but of re-living them in the present.…”

Section: Anthropotechnics (Or the Art Of Living) And Leisurementioning

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The Two Rival Concepts of Devotional Leisure: Towards an Understanding of Twenty-First Century Human Creativity and the Possibility of Freedom

Blackshaw

2017

Int J Sociol Leis

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The starting point of this article is that the ultimate objective of sociology so far as the study of leisure is concerned should be with understanding the ways in which twenty-first century modern men and women attempt to reconcile the demands of individuality and community (aka freedom and security) by focusing on what they choose to do when they can do anything at all. The first introductory part sets up the rest of the article by offering a brief critique of the sociology of leisure which operates with the somewhat startling assertion that in modern societies leisure is largely consumerist in orientation and that as a result freedom is a fiction. Counteracting this assertion with a startling one of its own it is subsequently argued that the twentieth century interregnum saw modernity radically revise its modernity which led to a transformation in the power of human agency and emergence of the insistent voice 'I too am in individual'. Taking as its starting point Peter Sloterdijk's reading of Nietzsche's imperative to 'Become who you are' articulated passionately in his book You must change your life (Sloterdijk 2013), the second part of the article argues that in the twenty-first century terms like authentic leisure and consumerist leisure, work and leisure are not antithetical to one another, and there is a radical need to rethink how people give meaning and order to their lives though their leisure pursuits. Here the article explores the relationship between Sloterdijk's concept of anthropotechnics, the art of living and leisure. The next part of the article fleshes out the theory of devotional leisure which is one part of a more embracing project set out in the book Re-imagining leisure studies (Blackshaw 2017). Here the article explores two contrasting ways of understanding devotional leisure practice, namely 'devotional leisure' and 'performative leisure' by drawing respectively on the examples of surfing and car cruising. The article concludes with an attempt to reconcile these two seemingly contradictory forms of devotional leisure practice with a discussion of urban exploration, speculating that Int J Sociol Leis (2018) 1:75-97 https://doi

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Section: Anthropotechnics (Or the Art Of Living) And Leisurementioning

confidence: 99%

The Two Rival Concepts of Devotional Leisure: Towards an Understanding of Twenty-First Century Human Creativity and the Possibility of Freedom

Blackshaw

2017

Int J Sociol Leis

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“…El "hogar" no es exactamente lo mismo, ya que como lo ha planteado Heidegger (1994) en su análisis de la noción del habitar en función al cuidado y la preservación, también puede experimentarse en relación a un territorio más vasto que el exclusivo y excluyente, o sea el íntimo. Sin embargo, es igual de cierto que se hace necesaria una conexión singularizante con este ámbito cargado de afectos y sentimientos por parte del sujeto, como para que sea experimentado como tal, donde uno "se siente en casa" (Heller, 1995). De allí la milenaria asociación del hogar con el fogón, y de este con la seguridad de lo familiar (Segalen, 1996), a partir en definitiva de la condición según la cual se puede comer y dormir sin ser aniquilado de imprevisto, o sea, de poder refugiarse (Pezeu-Massabuau, 1988).…”

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Vislumbrando intimidades: narrativas espaciales en tránsito

Álvarez-Pedrosian

2015

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Resumen. En este artículo nos centramos en el estudio de los espacios de la intimidad, intentando poner en juego esta dimensión muchas veces dejada de lado en los estudios sobre comunicación y ciudad. Nuestro análisis se inscribe en una investigación etnográfica más amplia, en relación a las transformaciones en el hábitat y las formas de habitar a partir de las acciones de un plan socio-habitacional estatal en Uruguay. En primer lugar, proponemos un desplazamiento conceptual desde la noción de lo privado a la de lo íntimo. En segundo término, tratamos las estrategias y tácticas de abordaje de la intimidad surgidas en nuestro trabajo de campo. Posteriormente, nos sumergimos en dos casos de estudio que permiten tratar las cuestiones centrales al respecto. Palabras clave: intimidad / narrativas / espacialidad / comunicación / plan habitacional Glimpsing Intimacies: Spatial Narratives in TransitSummary. In this paper we focus in studying intimate spaces, aiming at putting into play this dimension often times set aside by communication and studies of cities. Our analysis is part of a wider research of ethnographic nature about the transformation of the habitat and ways of dwelling, parting from the actions of a social housing plan in Uruguay. First, we propose a conceptual shift from the notion of the private to the intimate. Second, we address the strategies and tactics of the intimacy approach that emerged from our fieldwork. Later, we dive into two case studies that allow addressing our central questions.

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“…The study works with the assumption that reality cannot be reproduced in history, but the concentrated act of reproducing some of reality's dynamics can, of turning history into an essential action-even if the best it can hope to achieve is make the world it renders in its pages feel human and not merely academic machination. In (Heller 2011) and the narrative that moves it-is the domain par excellence of sociological hermeneutics.…”

Section: Thinking With Feeling: How To Make the Sociology Of Leisure mentioning

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The crisis in sociological leisure studies and what to do about it

Blackshaw

2014

Annals of Leisure Research

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Where Are we at Home?

Cited by 56 publications

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The Two Rival Concepts of Devotional Leisure: Towards an Understanding of Twenty-First Century Human Creativity and the Possibility of Freedom

The Two Rival Concepts of Devotional Leisure: Towards an Understanding of Twenty-First Century Human Creativity and the Possibility of Freedom

Vislumbrando intimidades: narrativas espaciales en tránsito

The crisis in sociological leisure studies and what to do about it

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