WHATEVER HAPPENED TO " THE GOOD LIFE" OR ASSESSING YOUR "RQ" (RECREATION QUOTIENTS)

Author: Earle F. Zeigler

 Contents: INTRODUCTION. DEFINITIONS. A TEST FOR SELF - EVALUATION OF YOUR SPORT & RECREATION QUOTIENT ( " RQ " )   RECENT SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS .. These Developments Have " Transformed Our Lives ". The World Has Three Major Trading Blocks Now. THE IMPACT OF NEGATIVE SOCIAL FORCES HAS INCREASED. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORIGINAL ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAL " ?. Technology and Life Improvement .... The Problems of Megalopolis Living Have Not Yet Been Solved .......... 18 What Character Do We Seek for Our People ? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORIGINAL " ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAL " ? .. Technology and Life Improvement ....THE ECONOMIC SITUATION The Relationship Between a Surplus Economy and the Availability of Leisure. THE STATUS OF EDUCATION. Return - to - Essentials " Approach Prevails .. Physical Education, Art, and Music Are Still Struggling for Recognition  PUTTING LEISURE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. Brief Historical Background. Early Societies. The Athenian Greeks. The Ancient Romans. The ( Early ) Middle Ages The Renaissance ( Later Middle Ages ). North America Earning Leisure in North America. A Unique Phenomenon Occurs ..HUMAN MORALITY IS NOT DISINTEGRATING. An Evolving Value System .. Disproving the Disintegration Thesis * SPORT & RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SHOULD EMBODY TRULY VALUABLE EXPERIENCES FOR ALL. How Good Is the Life We Have Created? Will We Ever Have Four Different Leisure Classes? Which Kinds of Play & Recreation Can Be Useful to People ? .. Recommended Approaches for Improving Life's Quality. PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS ... Values and Leisure Today. Human Nature Viewed Historically .. Defining the " Good Life " ( Kateb ) .. Meaning and Significance. Viewing Leisure Through Differing Conceptual Lenses. Progressivism ................ Radical Progressivism ( " Reconstructionism " ) Existentialism / Phenomenology Essentialism, " Type A " & " Type B .. Analytic Approach to Philosophy . 13. FORECASTING THE FUTURE . The " Possible, " " Probable, " and " Preferable Futures Stages of the " Great Transition " Taking Place ... Two Types of Problems to Overcome. 14. A FINAL WORD.

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