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Rojek, Chris was born on August 22, 1954 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Son of Joe and Elizabeth (O'Flynn) Rojek.
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This book explores the meaning of leisure in the context of key social formations of our time. Chris Rojek brings together the insights of Marxism, feminism, Weber, Elias, Simmel, Nietzsche and Baudrillard to produce a survey - and rethinking - of leisure theory. At the same time he presents a radical critique of the traditional 'centring' of leisure, on 'escape', 'freedom' and 'choice'. He describes the relations between capitalism and leisure, the meaning of free time for workers in a capitalist system, and the gendered nature of leisure. He then discusses the social construction of leisure under modernity and the main competing arguments. Finally he examines postmodernity. Revealing how leisure practices have responded t
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Social Work and Received Ideas examines the language of both traditional and radical social work as forms of power, arguing that the will to help and care for people unintentionally results in new types of dependency, control and domination.
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Ways of Escape provides a history of leisure and travel and a cartography of "escape activity". The author examines how pleasure has been managed from the middle ages to the present day, and examines the differences in leisure and travel opportunities for men and women. Rojek situates leisure and travel in the context of the debate on modernity and postmodernity, and uses examples drawn from Europe and North America to produce a dazzling analysis of the experience and ideology of escape in Western society.
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Rojek, Chris was born on August 22, 1954 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Son of Joe and Elizabeth (O'Flynn) Rojek.
Bachelor in Sociology with honors, Leicester (England) University, 1976; Master of Philosophy in Sociology, Leicester (England) University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Glasgow (Scotland) U., 1991.
Lecturer in sociology, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, England, 1981-1982; lecturer in sociology, Glasgow Queen's College, 1982-1986; senior editor, Routledge Publications, London, 1986-1994; professor sociology, head department, Staffordshire (England) University, 1994-1996; professor sociology and culture, Nottingham (England) Trent U., since 1996.
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