A general view of the development of leisure will be presented from the national development with Getúlio Vargas, Juscelino Kubitschek and also the military regime until the democratization and globalization period with the large expansion of leisure consumption. This overview will enable to conclude that leisure was developed by the state investment. It was discussed each of the historical moments contemplating the more significant political economic and cultural actions, based on literature review. The objective on this work was to build the systemic complexification of leisure in Brazil, concluding that leisure has been further complicated from the rationalization of life forms, the organization of time and also the world disenchantment. With Habermas's theory was made the synthesis between the spheres of influence of leisure (State, Market and Cultural Organization). In the conclusion, it has presented the definition of leisure as a result of the relationship between subjectivity intact in the capitalist system that has evolved through the complexity of society and its cultural and artistic intimate connection. Expressing the three spheres of the Life World (culture, society and personality).
Leisure; Culture; History