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Post-structuralist philosophies: Towards an etho-politics of everyday leisure practices

Simone Fullagar

World Leisure Journal

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This article draws on Foucault's later work on ethics and subjectivity to consider Socrates' question, "how are we to live?". Through a case study of an Australian community garden project (Northey Street City Farm), it outlines the transformative potential of leisure practices in constituting the ethical self.