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After Analyzing Key Definitions, Concepts And Theories, Blackshaw Offers His Own Theory Of Liquid Leisure, Which Asks Some Demanding Questions About The Present And The Future Of The Idea In People's Lives And Its Role In Civil Society. Pt. I. Foundations -- 1. The Idea Of Leisure -- 2. The Uses Of Leisure: Three Perspectives -- -- Pt. Ii. Leisure In Historical And Social Thought -- 3. The Antecedents Of Modern Leisure -- 4. Analysing Leisure As A Social Phenomenon -- 5. Leisure In The Postmodern Imagination -- -- Pt. Iii. Towards A Theory Of Liquid Leisure -- 6. Leisure And Consumption: Mcdonaldization Or Ikeaization? -- 7. The Ambivalence Of Leisure Tony Blackshaw. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.