O lazer como forma de autoconhecimento, cidadania e qualidade de vida

Abstract

The Leisure as a Form of Self-knowledge, Citizenship, and Quality of Life The present work has as its central theme to explore the properties of leisure in the process of self-knowledge, citizenship and quality of life, also seeking to understand the relationship of this phenomenon in society and with the psychosocial processes that develop and correlate with the archetypal studies of analytical psychology. In this regard, a bibliographic review was used, as well as the union of several leisure theorists to contextualize the subject and establish connections in the works used in this research. A phenomenological approach was also used to construct a line of reasoning based on the analysis of aesthetics to explain some factors of the object studied. As an experiment, interviews were conducted with semi-structured questions in virtual format. It was reported that many of the interviewees stated that their perceptions of the world, their relationships in general, health, and productivity at work improve as they have leisure time. A change in mental health was also noticed in their professional and leisure relationships during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. The research also indicated that there is a relationship between leisure and the dampening of daily effects as well as free time gives the opportunity for individuals to seek self-knowledge. It was also noted the feeling of productivity of the interviewees and how they demand too much from themselves or are demanded from society in general. This work also identified the possibility of associating the theories of analytical psychology with leisure.