Return of the Grasshopper: Games, Leisure and the Good Life in the Third Millennium

ISBN-13: 9781032201375 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 200 str.

Bernard Suits; Christopher C. Yorke; Francisco Javier López Frías

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In this sequel to Bernard Suits’ timeless classic philosophical work The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, published in its full and unabridged form for the first time, Suits continues to explore some of our most fundamental philosophical questions, including the value of sport and games, and their relationship to the good life.

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Introduction - Bernard Suits’ Return of the Grasshopper: A Philosophical Context and Novel Directions for Future Research,  1. Return of the Grasshopper,  2. Utopia Lost or Mislaid,  3. Three Ways to Play a Game Without Knowing It,  4. Three More Ways to Play a Game Without Knowing It,  5. Life’s a Game and All the Men and Women Merely Players,  6. At Death’s Door,  7. The Smoking Gun,  8. Utopia Found,  9. Utopian Doctors and Lawyers,  10. Lusory Luddites,  11. The Scarcity Machine,  12. The End of the Future,  13. Aesop Revisited,  Appendix 1: An Introduction to Grasshopper Soup,  Appendix 2: Deconstructionist Digression,  Appendix 3: A Perfectly Played Game