Newfeld, Frank
The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia
- ISBN 13:
- 9781554812158
- author:
- Newfeld, Frank
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Broadview Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 215
- Dimensions:
- 1.9 x 15.2 x 22.2 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Philosophy, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Grasshopper - Third Edition Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits A playful and insightful exploration of games, this book challenges the idea that games are indefinable. Bernard Suits argues that playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles, and that games can be meaningfully defined. The book features illustrations from Frank Newfeld and an introduction by Thomas Hurka. Suits uses the jocular voice of Aesop's Grasshopper to make his case, suggesting that playing games is a central part of the ideal of human existence. This new edition includes these illustrations, as well as a new appendix on the meaning of 'play'.
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