LSR1100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Leisure Studies
• Course: LSR 1100
• Professor: George Karlis

Document Summary

Four concepts: leisure, recreation, often associated with activity, but not exclusively, more than activity, tourism, has been argued to be not included in the field, because it can be a stand alone. Aristotle: 284 bc, he studied many different subjects, he put a lot of value on leisure, (cid:862)the e(cid:374)d of la(cid:271)our is to gai(cid:374) leisure(cid:863) Franklin: benjamin franklin, 1706-1790, (cid:862)e(cid:374)jo(cid:455) th(cid:455) ti(cid:373)e (cid:449)ell, if thou (cid:373)ea(cid:374)est to gai(cid:374) leisure(cid:863) Thoreau: henry david thoreau, 1817-1862, american author, poet, philosopher, etc, (cid:862)there are (cid:373)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:449)he(cid:374) all a(cid:374)(cid:454)iet(cid:455) a(cid:374)d stated toil are (cid:271)e (cid:272)al(cid:373)ed i(cid:374) the i(cid:374)fi(cid:374)ite leisure a(cid:374)d repose of (cid:374)ature(cid:863) Disraeli: benjamin disraeli, 1804-1881, british conservative politician, (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:272)reased (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)(cid:272)reased leisure are the t(cid:449)o (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizers of (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) Peter: lawrence peter, 1919-1990, canadian educator, (cid:862)the (cid:271)est i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e test is (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e do (cid:449)ith our leisure(cid:863) Hobbes: thomas hobbes, english philosopher, political philosophy, (cid:862)leisure is the (cid:373)other of philosoph(cid:455)(cid:863)