Ratko R. Božović Filozofski fakultet, Nikšić Univerzitet Crne Gore

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Free Time, Play and Game

ABSTRACT Free time and play are mutually dependent categories that are always realized together. We either play because we have free time or we have free time because we play (E. Fink). Play, no matter whether it is children’s or artistic play or a spontaneous sports game (excluding professional sports), most fully complements human existence and thereby realizes free time as a time in freedom and freedom of time. Therefore, free time exists and is most prominent in play. Moreover, one game releases its creative power and effort through another one, especially through games of leisurely character. The means that free time is realized through games and vice versa. That, first of all, happens by a realization of freedom through a game in a free creative act, but also through an entertaining as well as leisurely play.

KEY WORDS free time, freedom, play, game, entertainment, leisure