Leisure society

This redirect is about a debatably existing form of society. For a futuristic approach, see Post-work society. For the band, see The Leisure Society.

A leisure society is a society mostly basing its economy on possible leisurely or entertainment-related services. Such a society would then reduce working time, for the said worker to be able to benefit from these services, by playing sports or by attending cultural sites, driving economy forward in another way than work.

In 1962, French sociologist Joffre Dumazedier published Vers une civilisation du loisir ? (in English To a leisurely civilisation?). In this work, he provides his own report on society (translated from French) :

Nowadays, in our evolved societies, leisure is a familiar reality. But the idea of leisure is far from being a fully-fledged part of those thought patterns that guide intellectual or activist thinking, should they be either left or right-winged, capitalists or socialists. Great minds think about society as if the concept of leisure wasn't existing. Even some bold intellectuals would rule this possibility out of their thesis quest of brand new social systems, considerer more faithful to present day's reality.

See also

• Well-being
• Happiness
• Critique of work
• Workism
• Post-capitalism
• Refusal of work