ISBN:
9780253021052
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (360 p)
Series Statement:
Studies in Continental Thought
Series Statement:
Studies in Continental Thought Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Fink, Eugen Play as Symbol of the World : And Other Writings
DDC:
306.48101
Keywords:
Play (Philosophy)
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Well-known for its nontechnical, literary style, this skillful translation by Ian Alexander Moore and Christopher Turner invites engagement with Fink's philosophy of play and related writings on sports, festivals, and ancient cult practices.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Translators' Introduction -- Oasis of Happiness: Thoughts toward an Ontology of Play {1957} -- Play as Symbol of the World {1960} -- Chapter One: Play as a Philosophical Problem -- 1. Play as a Possible and Worthy Topic for Philosophy -- 2. The World-Significance of Human Play -- 3. Methodological Considerations -- 4. The Position of the Human Being in the Centauresque Metaphysics of the West -- 5. The World as Play? An Approach in the Appearance of the Playworld -- Chapter Two: The Metaphysical Interpretation of Play -- 6. The Non-Actual Character of Play -- 7. Play and the Other Regions of Human Life. Plato's Blending of Being and Nothing -- 8. Plato's Interpretation of Play by Way of the Mirror. His Critique of the Poets -- 9. The Lens of the Disenchanted. Critique of the Platonic Model of the Mirror -- 10. The Ontological Devaluation of Play at the Beginning of Metaphysics. The Problem of the Symbol -- Chapter Three: The Interpretation of Play in Myth -- 11. Basic Features of Mythical Cult-Play -- 12. The Cultic Sense-Image and Its Veiled World-Reference. Association with Daemons -- 13. Cosmic Status of the Symbolism of Play-Ancient Belief in Daemons. The Enchantment of Masks -- 14. Sacred Technique, Cosmic Metaphor, Initiatory Enchantment. Transition to Cult-Play -- 15. Cult-Play as a Dissembling of the World-Relation. Play of the Gods and Play of the World -- 16. Play and Consecration-Cult-Play and Religion. The Play of the Gods Is Not Itself Cult-Play -- 17. Nature "Full of Gods" in Myth, Empty of Gods in Late Culture. Critique of Religion on the Model of "Self-Alienation." The Question Concerning the Worldliness of Play Is neither Sacred nor Profane -- Chapter Four: The Worldliness of Human Play -- 18. Polysemy of the Concept "Worldly".
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