Sebastian de Grazia
Sebastian de Grazia (1917-2000) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning author. Born in Chicago, de Grazia received his bachelor's degree and a doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago. During World War II, he served in the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency, as an analyst. He taught political philosophy at Rutgers from 1962 to 1988. He received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his book, Machiavelli in Hell. He is also the author of The Political Community (1948), Errors of Psychotherapy (1952), and A Country with No Name (1997).
Leisure
De Grazia has been described as the "father of leisure".[1] Of Time, Work, and Leisure puts forward the idea that traditionally leisure was not a matter of recreation as much as of contemplation, of expanding one's awareness and understanding of the world. The social context of this understanding of leisure has, to a large extent, been lost, and with it the notion of leisure being the pursuit of philosophy. [2][3]
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References
- Associated Press. (January 5, 2001). Pulitzer Prize winner Sebastian de Grazia dead at 83. CNN.
- Haney, M. R. (2010). The Value of Slow. In M. R. Haney and A. D. Kline (Ed.), The Value of Time and Leisure in a World of Work. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-4141-4.
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