The philosophy of play
Play is a vital component of the social life and well-being of both children and adults. This book examines the concept of play and considers a variety of the related philosophical issues. It also includes meta-analyses from a range of philosophers and theorists, as well as an exploration of some ke...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge
2013.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797946306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Philosophy of Play; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A pluralist conception of play; 2 All the world's a stage: childhood and the play of being; 3 Playing with words: further comment on Suits' definition; 4 Playing well: Wittgenstein's language-games and the ethics of discourse; 5 Gadamer and the game of dialectic in Plato's Gorgias; 6 Gadamer and the game of understanding: dialogue-play and opening to the other; 7 Language at play: games and the linguistic turn after Wittgenstein and Gadamer
- 8 Whoever cannot give, also receives nothing: Nietzsche's playful spectator9 Play and being in Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness; 10 Passion play: play, free will and the sublime; 11 Playing in a Deleuzian playground; 12 'We sneak off to play what we want!' Bakhtin's carnival and children's play; 13 What's play got to do with the information age?; 14 Towards a spatial theory of playwork: what can Lefebvre offer as a response to playwork's inherent contradictions?; 15 To play or to parent? An analysis of the adult-child interaction in make-believe play
- 16 Game over: calling time on kidult accounts of masculinityIndex
