{"product_id":"an-inquiry-into-the-philosophical-concept-of-schole-leisure-as-a-political-end-9781474237932","title":"An Inquiry Into the Philosophical Concept of Schole: Leisure as a Political End","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kostas Kalimtzis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the ancient Greek philosophical concept of \u003ci\u003escholê \u003c\/i\u003eis usually translated as 'leisure', there is a vast difference between the two. Leisure, derived from Latin \u003ci\u003elicere\u003c\/i\u003e, has its roots in Roman \u003ci\u003eotium \u003c\/i\u003eand connotes the uses of free time in ways permitted by the status quo. \u003ci\u003eScholê\u003c\/i\u003e is the actualization of mind and one's humanity within a republic that devotes its culture to making such a choice possible. This volume traces the background in Greek culture and the writings of Plato of a daring proposal presented by Aristotle, that \u003ci\u003escholê\u003c\/i\u003e is a principle for political organization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe concept of \u003ci\u003escholê \u003c\/i\u003eby and large did not survive Aristotle. To sharpen our understanding of \u003ci\u003escholê \u003c\/i\u003ethe book goes on to identify the concepts of leisure which we have inherited from the intellectuals of the Hellenistic and Roman empires and the early Church Fathers. \u003ci\u003eScholê \u003c\/i\u003ealso had its contrary \u003ci\u003eascholia\u003c\/i\u003e - busyness - which Plato described as a social and psychological pathology and his analysis suggests why, due to these ills, current visions of a leisure society are highly unlikely.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45082224984215,"sku":"9781474237932","price":21636.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474237932.webp?v=1767098602","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-inquiry-into-the-philosophical-concept-of-schole-leisure-as-a-political-end-9781474237932","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}