노동불안정(Précarité de l’emploi)과 자유시간(Temps libre)의 사회적 가치에 대한 고찰: 프랑스 바캉스 문화 사례 중심

초록

This study examines the utilization of free time by the working class amid growing concerns over labor instability driven by technological development. In late industrial society, reductions in working hours enabled wage laborers to secure free time, which gradually evolved into leisure and contributed to the formation of new worker identities. However, the contemporary labor market has become increasingly unstable, resulting in what can be described as an ‘inequality of social time’. We now face an era in which shorter working hours for wage laborers do not necessarily translate into greater personal free time or leisure opportunities. Accordingly, this study seeks to explore the meaning of free time acquired by wage laborers and the evolution of leisure culture. To this end, it focuses on France’s vacation culture—a country renowned for its well-developed leisure practices and relatively short working hours. Since World War II, French society has pursued policies aimed at guaranteeing individuals the right to determine how to use their personal free time, through measures such as reducing working hours, expanding leisure opportunities, and fostering a vacation culture. Despite these efforts and the widespread social recognition of vacation culture’s value, the number of French citizens unable to take vacations has recently increased. This trend can be attributed to the growing precariousness of employment (précarité de l’emploi) and rising poverty, which have altered the social value placed on vacations and the use of free time. Similar changes are now evident in Korean society. In Korea, where public services supporting vacation and leisure culture remain underdeveloped compared to France, this study aims to examine how decisions regarding the allocation of personal free time can be respected. This study seeks to analyze how decisions regarding the use of personal free time can be respected within these shifting social contexts.

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