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M. MacLean. W. Russell. E. Ryall. (ed.) Play, Philosophy and Performance

M. MacLean. W. Russell. E. Ryall. (ed.) Play, Philosophy and Performance

Publié le par Noelle Vonsiebenthal

Play, Philosophy and Performance

Malcolm MacLean, Wendy Russell, Emily Ryall (ed.)

 

ISBN 9780367340667

258 Pages

£120.00

Routledge

 

PRESENTATION

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.

 

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