Constitutes a great philosophical treatise on play and games Appeals to a potentially broad audience including those interested in thinking through globalisation today The magnum opus of an influential French-Greek intellectual whose contemporaries and influences include Derrida, Deleuze and Lefebvre Approaches philosophy in a systematic as well as fragmentary manner Anticipates the key term of contemporary Heideggerian scholarship (German Irre, French errance) and confronts it through play A French reprint of Le Jeu du Monde was published by Les Belles Lettres in January 2018 Drawing on philosophies of gaming and play from Heraclitus and Plato through to Marx, Nietzsche and Heidegger, Kostas Axelos outlines an extraordinary, unique vision of our contemporary world. Originally published in 1969, The Game of the World brilliantly anticipates a 21st century in which ever-accelerating technological transformations coincide with a world at play and in play, at once fragmentary and totalised, disordered and hyper-organised. In the midst of this paradoxical and deranging becoming-planetary of the world, Axelos offers a sequence of profound meditations on play and playing, games and gaming, directing us towards new means of thinking and action that may enable us to face the world-historical challenges of our own present.

A comprehensive overview of the current state of this highly relevant topic. An interdisciplinary team of researchers reports on the opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology in the agriculture and food sector, highlighting the scientific, technical, regulatory, safety, and societal impacts. They also discuss the perspectives for the future, and provide insights into ways of assuring safety so as to obtain confidence for the consumer, as well as an overview of the innovations and applications. Essential reading for materials and agricultural scientists, food chemists and technologists, as well as toxicologists and ecotoxicologists.

Die in diesem Buch vereinigten AufsAtze, VortrAge, Thesen und GesprAche des Professors fA1/4r Philosophie an der Sorbonne Kostas Axelos (geb. 1924) sind in den Jahren 1955 bis 1966 entstanden und in deutscher Sprache geschrieben worden. Von den Wurzeln des dichterischen Denkens Heraklits fA1/4hrt das Nach-Denken des Philosophen Axelos zu Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche und Heidegger, und im Vor-Denken versucht er, A1/4ber sie hinauszugelangen. Technik und Wissenschaft, unter deren Herrschaft sich die Weltgeschichte der Gegenwart vollzieht, stellen Kunst, Religion und Philosophie in Frage. DemgegenA1/4ber muA das Denken wieder seinen Platz erobern und behaupten. Diesem Ziel soll die AEinfA1/4hrung in kA1/4nftiges DenkenA dienen - als ein Wegweiser zu den MAglichkeiten, A1/4ber Idealismus und Materialismus hinaus in neue Bereiche vorzustoAen und die Metaphysik zu A1/4berwinden.

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