An Experiment in Leisure

Marion Milner, Akshi Singh (University of Glasgow, UK)

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English

Routledge
01 May 2024

Sociology: sport & leisure; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Mental health services; Psychotherapy

Series: Routledge Classics

'Before I began this experiment I had always been haunted by the feeling that the surface of life, what everyone said about it, was quite different from the reality of life, that the important things that were happening all the time were on the whole quite different from what was said about them.' - Marion Milner

What is it that stops people from knowing what they want? How much of our experience is shaped by images, symbols, and early memories – and do such things help or hinder one becoming an adult? Written in 1936, An Experiment in Leisure continues Marion Milner’s unique and compelling investigation into how we lead our lives, complementing the account she began in A Life of One’s Own.

Attempting to understand the gap between what she memorably describes as ‘the poverty of words and the reality of living’, she draws on memory images – in books, mythology, religious experience, travel, and even going to the theatre – that seem to point to a suspension of ordinary, everyday awareness. From this state of emptiness springs an increasing imaginative appreciation of being alive and, as Milner concludes, of being a woman.

With a new Foreword by Akshi Singh, An Experiment in Leisure remains a striking and captivating adventure in thinking and living with uncertainty, whose insights remain fresh and relevant today.

By: Marion Milner
Foreword by: Akshi Singh (University of Glasgow UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 589g
ISBN: 9781032757568
ISBN 10: 1032757566
Series: Routledge Classics
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Primary , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marion Milner (1900–1998) was a distinguished British psychoanalyst, educationalist, autobiographer, and artist.