CONSIDERATIONS ON THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOISIR CONCEPT IN THE EUROPEAN SPACE
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOISIR CONCEPT IN THE EUROPEAN SPACE

Summary/Abstract: The accelerated modernization of contemporary society has also impelled a growing dynamism to dailylife, which, according to experts such as Yan Z., et alii (2007, 107). The United Nations, in the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights, has declared since 1948 that "all persons have the right to rest and loisirs".Modernization has caused a new kind of human being: the sedentary being... the emergence of a "newhuman being ... sedentary being". In West Germany, in the 1950s, characterized by the "consumersociety", the concept of "leisure society" emerged, since in a highly industrialized society the program offive working days a week was imposed. As regards negative factors that influence health status (the wellof each), Colin Boreham, foot specialists T., Liam, M. et alii (1997), W,-D, Brettschneider and RolandNaul, (2004) vie for attention since several decades now over: lack of movement-physical inactivity;stress-strain increased pace of the nervous system; unequal segments, request body; incorrect positions ofthe body during daily activities; antiphysiologice static positions on extended periods of time, withconsequences for cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and even cancer (Jennen and Uhlenbuck,2004, 157). Regarding the factors that negatively affect the state of health (the well-being of everyone),specialists Colin Boreham, et alii (1997), Wolf-Dietrich Brettschneider and Roland Naul ) have attractedattention for several decades, on: lack of movement - sedentary; stress - increased rhythm of nervoussystem demand; unequal application of body segments; incorrect body positions during day-to-dayactivities; static antiphysiological positions over prolonged periods of time, resulting in cardiovasculardisease, metabolic syndrome and even cancer (Jennen and Uhlenbuck, 2004, 157). In order to counteractthe negative effects of life at an increasingly rapid pace, with a very high stress level, in the absence ofphysical movement, organized in an organized manner, often accompanied by an unreasonable diet (Bullet alii 2004), specialists such as Ch. Jennen and G.Uhlenbuck (2004, 157) propose loisir activities thatcould have a beneficial effect on quality of life and on personal satisfaction. In this study we intend tofollow the evolution of the meanings of the concept of free time in the European space with a case studyon the perception of young people in Romania.

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