Σχολή and otium: receptions of the ancient understanding of leisure for the modern world
https://doi.org/10.26907/2079-5912.2024.4.63-70
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the phenomenon of leisure in the ancient Greek and Roman philosophical tradition. The need for this analysis comes from the current situation of leisure, which turns out to be included in the processes of capitalist production. The alienation of leisure by capital puts a person in a situation where a person does not have time that belongs to him. In the light of this problem, it is proposed to rethink the concept of "leisure" based on ancient Greek and Roman authors. In the course of the study, it turns out that these two traditions are united by the interpretation of leisure as time devoted to intellectual and spiritual improvement, reflection leading to a virtuous lifestyle. At the end of the article, an attempt is made to shift this interpretation to modern social reality. The conclusion of the article is the hypothesis that leisure as a certain intellectual effort helps an individual to reorient his active life, filling it with real, meaningful and creative content.
About the Author
M. S. Nekrasov
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nekrasov Mikhail Sergeevich, postgraduate student, Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications, Department of General Philosophy
Kazan, 420008
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Nekrasov M.S. Σχολή and otium: receptions of the ancient understanding of leisure for the modern world. The Kazan Socially-Humanitarian Bulletin. 2024;(4(67)):63-70. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2079-5912.2024.4.63-70
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