Leisure in the ancient and modern world Flashcards
Ancient Greece
Ancient culture focuses on leisure as a means of a good life. Leisure as a tool to reach good life. Leisure as the most unique quality.
Schale
Learning and thinking was the higest form of leisure pursuit.
Greek Origin of sport
Only social elites can participate
Greek Leisure idea
brings goods and postive in society and enhance the postive in the society
Do activites associated with greek schole (learning, scholarship and discusing
Yes
Ancient Rome Mass leisure
Used leisure as a social control.
Bread and circusses
food and entertainment. main way to control their empire through leisure. Festival celebration.
Ancient Rome Violence and Entertainment
Violent contests become the most dominant leisure activity. Forced to fight things to death for entertainment
Mayan Civilaization La pelota
Focal point was a sport game. Conflicts between good and evil and human sacrifice.
Ludi
Public leisure and mass leisure
Medieval Europe the work ethic
Catholic church and religon rose and gained control over leisure. They put that working and putting life towards christ would get you in heaven which started that social norm.
Medieval Europe the work ethic
Catholic church and religon rose and gained control over leisure. They put that working and putting life towards christ would get you in heaven which started that social norm.
Medieval Europe the work ethic
Catholic church and religon rose and gained control over leisure. They put that working and putting life towards christ would get you in heaven which started that social norm.
The renaissance
Bring back the good values of human beings. Concept of globalism, creativity. Theaters and opera house sponsered by rich royalty. Music and Art in education. Piliosphy and humanism.
Where do we still see the concepts of the work ethic and humaism in our leisure culture
how we do our work time and free time.
