James Carse

Broschiertes Buch

Finite and Infinite Games

Beschreibung

Reflection on life in terms of competition, Professor Carse compares two types of games manifested in human life--finite games, the familiar games of daily life that are bounded by space and time and infinite games, unbounded, unfettered, creative expressions of the human spirit

Autor

James P. Carse is Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. A winner of the University’s Great Teacher Award, he is author of The Religious Case Against Belief (2008) and Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience (1994). Carse lives in New York City and Massachusetts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 156g
• ISBN-13: 9781476731711
• ISBN-10: 1476731713
• Artikelnr.: 36726300