Abstract

Never before in the history of mankind has the amount of time spent working - less than 10% - been as low as it is today. One of the few scientists who recognised the growing influence of leisure time on quality of life and on economic and professional development back in the 1970s is Prof. Dr Horst W. Opaschowski. His future studies - developed and published together with the B.A.T. Leisure Research Institute - are located in the field of tension between empiricism and social fantasy. The articles in this commemorative publication focus on particularly important crystallisation points of the scientific discourse from the broad spectrum of leisure-related challenges of the 21st century.

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