Add to ORKGThe paper seeks to answer the question o f the importance of leisure and the role it plays in the modern society dominated by the paneconomic ideology claiming its subsequent areas. Regardless of the socio-demographic parameters o f any social categories, leisure becomes an object o f marketing and is ultimately commercialised. As such, it is also a part of a hedonistic syndrome of consumption as well as a pursuit for fashionable gadgets and easy and effortless entertainment. It is a phenomenon that must be challenged by both, those whose social rank and idea o f prestige demand constant reference to its lack, and those who are marginalised and excluded from the society, although desperately trying to hide the excess of the “empty” t...