Masking the Abject - A Genealogy of Play (Hardcover)

Masking the Abject traces the beginnings of the malediction of play in Western metaphysics to Aristotle. Mechthild Nagel's innovative study demonstrates how play has served as a 'castaway' in western philosophical thinking: It is considered to be repulsive and loathsome, yet also fascinating and desirable. The book illustrates how play 'succeeds' and proliferates after Hegel--despite its denunciation by classical philosophers--entering Marxist, phenomenological, postmodern, and feminist discourses. This work provides the reader with a superb analyisis of how the distinction between the serious and the playful has developed over time, charting play's changing ontological status, and ethical and aesthetic dimensions, from the logocentric to the bacchnalian.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	Mechthild Nagel
Dimensions:	237 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	140
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-0307-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	0-7391-0307-5
Barcode:	9780739103074

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