The Philosophy of Play
eBook - ePub

The Philosophy of Play

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Philosophy of Play

About this book

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 key applied ethical considerations.

The main objective of The Philosophy of Play is to provide a richer understanding of the concept and nature of play and its relation to human life and values, and to build disciplinary and paradigmatic bridges between scholars of philosophy and scholars of play. Including specific chapters dedicated to children and play, and exploring the work of key thinkers such as Plato, Sartre, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, Deleuze and Nietzsche, this book is invaluable reading for any advanced student, researcher or practitioner with an interest in education, playwork, leisure studies, applied ethics or the philosophy of sport.

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Yes, you can access The Philosophy of Play by Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell, Malcolm MacLean, Emily Ryall,Wendy Russell,Malcolm MacLean in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781136269905
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Notes on contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 A pluralist conception of play
  11. 2 All the world's a stage: childhood and the play of being
  12. 3 Playing with words: further comment on Suits' definition
  13. 4 Playing well: Wittgenstein's language-games and the ethics of discourse
  14. 5 Gadamer and the game of dialectic in Plato's Gorgias
  15. 6 Gadamer and the game of understanding: dialogue-play and opening to the other
  16. 7 Language at play: games and the linguistic turn after Wittgenstein and Gadamer
  17. 8 Whoever cannot give, also receives nothing: Nietzsche's playful spectator
  18. 9 Play and being in Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness
  19. 10 Passion play: play, free will and the sublime
  20. 11 Playing in a Deleuzian playground
  21. 12 'We sneak off to play what we want!' Bakhtin's carnival and children's play
  22. 13 What's play got to do with the information age?
  23. 14 Towards a spatial theory of playwork: what can Lefebvre offer as a response to playwork's inherent contradictions?
  24. 15 To play or to parent? An analysis of the adult-child interaction in make-believe play
  25. 16 Game over: calling time on kidult accounts of masculinity
  26. Index