CZAS WOLNY W CZASIE ŻYCIA. PRZYCZNEK DO ANALIZY SPOŁECZEŃSTWA NOWOCZESNEGO

Abstract

The paper seeks to answer the question o f the importance of leisure and the role it plays in the modern society dominated by the paneconomic ideology claiming its subsequent areas. Regardless of the socio-demographic parameters o f any social categories, leisure becomes an object o f marketing and is ultimately commercialised. As such, it is also a part of a hedonistic syndrome of consumption as well as a pursuit for fashionable gadgets and easy and effortless entertainment. It is a phenomenon that must be challenged by both, those whose social rank and idea o f prestige demand constant reference to its lack, and those who are marginalised and excluded from the society, although desperately trying to hide the excess of the “empty” time at their disposal.