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  • - Stemming the Tide
    by K. Spracklen
    £47.99

    The social sciences have a legitimacy problem in the modern world. Karl Spracklen, by contrast, makes the moral case for the social sciences, arguing that they are a necessary social good capable of fighting inequality and revealing the workings of hegemonic power.

  • - Habermas and Leisure at the End of Modernity
    by K. Spracklen
    £78.99

    This book uses the work of Jurgen Habermas to interrogate leisure as a meaningful, theoretical concept. Drawing on examples from sport, culture and tourism, and going beyond concerns about the grand project of leisure, Spracklen argues that leisure is central to understanding wider debates about identity, postmodernity and globalization.

  • by Karl Spracklen
    £47.99

    This book develops a new theory of instrumental whiteness and leisure. Empirical research is drawn upon to highlight whiteness across a comprehensive and internationally-grounded range of leisure practices. The book explores sports participation, sports media and sports fandom, informal leisure, outdoor leisure, music, popular culture and tourism.

  • - Historical and Philosophical Debates
    by Karl Spracklen
    £37.49 - 47.99

    This book provides an account of leisure through historical time, exploring the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past, and across different cultures.

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