In Defense of Leisure

摘要

This article discusses the relationship between leisure and human communication andrnsuggests that more attention is needed to study how leisure shapes human communication.rnAfter making a distinction between leisure and recreation, this article identifies thernimplications of leisure to the human condition through rejuvenating our attention tornwonder, developing our sense of a-whereness, and advocating the experience of phenomenologicalrnlistening. The call of leisure offers an alternative to the non-stop, fast-pacedrncommunicative environment that affects our ability to communicate with others. Thisrnarticle is offered in defense of leisure and calls for more transdisciplinary attention tornleisure and the human condition.