Gods & Games (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
194
Utgivningsdatum
2019-10-03
Upplaga
3rd ed.
Förlag
Stillpoint/Athena
Illustrationer
Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 11 mm
Vikt
291 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781938808548

Gods & Games

Toward a Theology of Play

Häftad,  Engelska, 2019-10-03
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A deeply thoughtful, deeply irreverent look at the mythology of play

Gods and Games ties together Joseph Campbell's approach to myth and religion with Johan Huizinga's view of our species as Homo ludens — "Man the Game-player" — which suggests that play is a central aspect of the human spirit and human culture.
"A comprehensive and clear review.... loaded with quotations both pertinent and entertaining that may be eye-openers both to traditional religionists and readers who may never have thought about play in a philosophical or religious sense." —Publishers Weekly

"The breadth of scholarship and the light-handedness of the author, Professor David L. Miller, make this book a movable, digestible and an enjoyable feast." — Robert Seidenberg, American Imago
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"a comprehensive and clear review.... loaded with quotations both pertinent and entertaining that may be eye-openers both to traditional religionists and readers who may never have thought about play in a philosophical or religious sense." —Publishers Weekly

"the breadth of scholarship and the light-handedness of the author, professor david l. miller, make this book a movable, digestible and an enjoyable feast." — robert seidenberg, American Imago



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David L. Miller, PhD, is the Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Syracuse University and is a retired core faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. He has served as a long-term member of the board of Joseph Campbell Foundation. Since 1963, Dr. Miller has worked at the intersections of religions and mythologies, literature and literary theory, and depth psychology.

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Contents



  • Acknowledgments    vii

  • Introduction to the 2013 Edition    ix

  • Introduction to the 1973 Edition    xiii

  • Introduction: “The Care and Feeding of Hobby Horses”    xxiii

    • Two Significant Events, or, The Recent Beginnings of Ideas about Play    xxiii

    • By Word of Mouse: A Parable about This Book    xxiv

    • A Modern Mythology?    xxv

    • The Anatomy of the Present Work    xxvi

    • On Cheating the Reader, or, The Hobby Horse Runs Away    xxvi



  • PART ONE: Play’s the Thing    1

    • CHAPTER ONE: The Contemporary Fascination with Ideas about Games and Play    3

      • The Game Point    3

      • The College Playground, or It’s Recess All the Time in the University    6

      • What’s the Name of the Game?    7



    • CHAPTER TWO: The Contemporary Academic Game of Games    9

      • Anthropology and Ethnology    9

      • Sociology and Economics    15

      • Psychology    23

      • Literary Criticism and Literature    35

      • Philosophy    47

      • Mathematics    52

      • Theology    54

      • Metagames and Object Games    55

      • Summary    62





  • PART TWO: The Playground    65

    • CHAPTER THREE: The Origin and History of Ideas about Games and Play    67

      • History and Story    67

      • The Religious Origins — East and West    69

      • The Philosophers’ Serious Faux Pas about Seriousness    72

      • The Theological Death-Knell and the Nineteen-Century Dearth    75

      • The Romantic Discovery — An Eastern Wisdom Revisited    78



    • CHAPTER FOUR: The Origin and History of the Spirit of Play in Man    83

      • Ontogeny Recapitulates Phytogeny, or, This Is Where I Came In    83

      • The Pleasure of Primal Unity    84

      • The Serious Faux Pas of Gaminess    87

      • The Social Sanction for Gamesmanship    89

      • When I Became a Man I Was Reborn a Little Child Again    92





  • PART THREE: Play’s Mythology    95

    • CHAPTER FIVE: Play Is Religion    97

      • Myth and Meaning    97

      • Aisthsis: Nonser...