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 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.
Bernard Suits is a foundational figure in the philosophy of sports and games. A philosophy professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, for most of his life, he is best known for his seminal book The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia. Bernard Suits died in 2007. Christopher C. Yorke is Philosophy Instructor at Langara College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada. He has written his doctoral dissertation and several academic journal articles on the subject of Bernard Suits' utopia of gameplay. Francisco Javier López Frías is Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Penn State University, USA, and a Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, with a courtesy appointment in the Philosophy Department.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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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