Play, philosophy and performance /
edited by Malcolm MacLean, Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall.
- First Edition.
- 1 online resource
Play, Philosophy and Performance is a cutting-edge collection of essays exploring the philosophy of play. It showcases the most innovative, interdisciplinary work in the rapidly developing field of Play Studies. How we play, and the relation of play to the human condition, is becoming increasingly recognised as a field of scholarly inquiry as well as a significant element of social practice, public policy and socio-cultural understanding. Drawing on approaches ranging through morality and ethics, language and the nature of reality, aesthetics, digital culture and gaming, and written by an international group of emerging and established scholars, this book examines how our performance at play describes, shapes and influences our performance as human beings. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in leisure, education, childhood, gaming, the arts, playwork or many branches of philosophical enquiry.
9781000345858 1000345858 9781000345810 1000345815 9780429323737 0429323735 9781000345834 1000345831
10.4324/9780429323737 doi
Play (Philosophy)
Performative (Philosophy)
EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects
PHILOSOPHY / General
SPORTS & RECREATION / General
B105.P54
128.4
Play, Philosophy and Performance is a cutting-edge collection of essays exploring the philosophy of play. It showcases the most innovative, interdisciplinary work in the rapidly developing field of Play Studies. How we play, and the relation of play to the human condition, is becoming increasingly recognised as a field of scholarly inquiry as well as a significant element of social practice, public policy and socio-cultural understanding. Drawing on approaches ranging through morality and ethics, language and the nature of reality, aesthetics, digital culture and gaming, and written by an international group of emerging and established scholars, this book examines how our performance at play describes, shapes and influences our performance as human beings. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in leisure, education, childhood, gaming, the arts, playwork or many branches of philosophical enquiry.
9781000345858 1000345858 9781000345810 1000345815 9780429323737 0429323735 9781000345834 1000345831
10.4324/9780429323737 doi
Play (Philosophy)
Performative (Philosophy)
EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects
PHILOSOPHY / General
SPORTS & RECREATION / General
B105.P54
128.4