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Return of the grasshopper : games, leisure and the good life in the third millennium

Return of the grasshopper : games, leisure and the good life in the third millennium

Material type
단행본
Personal Author
Suits, Bernard (Bernard Herbert), 1925-. Yorke, Christopher C., editor. López Frías, Francisco Javier, editor.
Title Statement
Return of the grasshopper : games, leisure and the good life in the third millennium / Bernard Suits ; edited by Christopher C. Yorke and Francisco Javier López Frías.
Publication, Distribution, etc
Abingdon, Oxon ;   New York, NY :   Routledge,   2022.  
Physical Medium
xxxvi, 147 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Ethics and sport
ISBN
9781032201375 9781032201368
요약
"In this sequel to Bernard Suits' timeless classic philosophical work The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, published in its full and unabridged form for the first time, Suits continues to explore some of our most fundamental philosophical questions, including the value of sport and games, and their relationship to the good life. In Return of the Grasshopper, Suits puts his theoretical cards on the table, exploring the in-depth implications of his definition of utopia, assessing the merits of a gamified philosophy, and explaining how games can provide an existential balm against the fear of death. Perhaps most importantly, for the first time in print, Suits reveals his underlying worldview: that humanity is forever fated to endure a cyclical existence of privation brought on by material scarcity and boredom resulting from material plenitude. An essential companion to The Grasshopper, this edition includes commentary chapters that put Suits' life and work into context, helping the reader to understand why Suits has had such a profound influence on contemporary philosophy and how his ideas still provide powerful insight into the human condition. This book is important reading for anybody with an interest in the philosophy of sport, leisure and play, political philosophy, ethics, existentialism or utopian studies"--
Bibliography, Etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
Games --Philosophy. Sports --Philosophy. Utopias.
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Contents information

Table of Contents

Introduction - Bernard Suits’ Return of the Grasshopper: A Philosophical Context and Novel Directions for Future Research,  1. Return of the Grasshopper,  2. Utopia Lost or Mislaid,  3. Three Ways to Play a Game Without Knowing It,  4. Three More Ways to Play a Game Without Knowing It,  5. Life’s a Game and All the Men and Women Merely Players,  6. At Death’s Door,  7. The Smoking Gun,  8. Utopia Found,  9. Utopian Doctors and Lawyers,  10. Lusory Luddites,  11. The Scarcity Machine,  12. The End of the Future,  13. Aesop Revisited,  Appendix 1: An Introduction to Grasshopper Soup,  Appendix 2: Deconstructionist Digression,  Appendix 3: A Perfectly Played Game

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