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The Play Ethic explores the real meaning of play and shows how a more playful society would revolutionize and liberate our daily lives. Using wide and varied sources from the Enlightenment to Eminem, Socrates to Chaos theory, Kierkegaard to Karaoke, this book shows how play is fundamental to both society and to the individual, and how the work ethic that has dominated the last three centuries is ill-equipped to deal with the modern world.
Do you believe that fun and pleasure shouldn't just be confined to after work-hours? If so, you're a player. Players are eager to take all the opportunities that the new society can offer, but wise enough to realise that wage-labour is only one part of their life.
A zeitgeist defining book that will challenge all that we know about work, rest and play| Intro: Towards the Play Ethic |
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Next Move: The Birth of a Player |
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23 | (12) |
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35 | (30) |
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The Angels Make Work: Putting the Protestant Ethic Behind Us |
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65 | (26) |
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Rise of the Soulitarians: The Net, Digitality and Play |
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91 | (44) |
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Lifestyle Militants: Women, Children and Men at Play |
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135 | (48) |
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Wisdom Lovers: An Education for Players |
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183 | (34) |
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The Play Aesthetic: Arts, Media and Play Values |
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217 | (34) |
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From Business to 'Busyness': The Management of Play |
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251 | (36) |
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Playing for Real: The Politics of the Play Ethic |
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287 | (32) |
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The Infinite Game: Play and Spirituality |
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319 | (28) |
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347 | (8) |
| Acknowledgements |
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355 | (2) |
| Notes |
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357 | (65) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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422 | (15) |
| Index |
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Pat Kane is a writer, singer, activist and consultant |
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