Contribuições teóricas e metodológicas da História Conceitual para os estudos do lazer

Abstract

Considering that the conceptual definition of leisure is still a question for scholars dedicated to this subject, this text intends to point out the theoretical-methodological proposal of Reinhart Koselleck (2006) of the history of concepts as a theoretical and methodological possibility for the best conceptual elaboration of this phenomenon. Koselleck (2006) highlights the need to differentiate between a scientific concept and an empirical concept, and indicates the methodological procedures for its construction. He proposes the reconstitution of a sample of the uses of the concept by the actors of a given context, which includes the word that names it, but surpasses it, including its historical meaning. This will allow us to understand leisure over time and this better define it in our contemporary investigations of the past. It will also allow us to verify the heuristic capacity of the current leisure concept, analyzing its temporal reach and the validity of its beacons.