Book Symposium on Return of the Grasshopper: Games, Leisure and the Good Life in the Third Millennium

Bernard Suits’ groundbreaking work, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia, has profoundly shaped the philosophy of sport. Its sequel, Return of the Grasshopper: Games, Leisure, and the Good Life in the Third Millennium, released in October 2022, enriches scholarly understandings of Suits’ views on games, emphasizing the normative aspects of gameplay and its impact on people’s pursuit of the good life. In this book symposium, world-leading Suits scholars analyze the Suitsian conception of gameplay and its relevance to his views on Utopia outlined in the sequel, covering a wide range of topics. Filip Kobiela explores counterfactual situations in Suits’ oeuvre. Christopher Bartel and Gwen Bradford scrutinize the ethical nature and ramifications of Suits’ claim that life is an unconscious game. R. Scott Kretchmar and John S. Russell present thoughtful critiques of Suits’ musing on Utopia. William J. Morgan’s contribution integrates contemporary work studies to illuminate Suits’ utopia. The symposium concludes with the editors, Francisco Javier Lopez Frias and Christopher Yorke, offering their perspectives on Suitsian Utopia, ethics, and metaethics.

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Work Title Book Symposium on Return of the Grasshopper: Games, Leisure and the Good Life in the Third Millennium
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  1. Francisco Javier López Frías
  2. Christopher C. Yorke
  3. Filip Kobiela
  4. Christopher Bartel
  5. Gwen Bradford
  6. Scott Kretchmar
  7. J.S. Russell
  8. William J. Morgan
Keyword
  1. Suits
  2. gameplay
  3. good life
  4. ethics
  5. utopia
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Work Type Article
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  1. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
Publication Date November 30, 2023
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2023.2277280
Deposited July 01, 2024

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    • Suits, gameplay, good life, ethics, utopia
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  • Added Creator Christopher Bartel
  • Added Creator Gwen Bradford
  • Added Creator Scott Kretchmar
  • Added Creator J.S. Russell
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