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Author:   Henning Eichberg (University of Southern Denmark) ,  Signe Larsen (Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9781138322363

ISBN 10:   1138322369
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   14 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: If the game plays the player…, Part I: Play and Identity, 1. Laughter of the Pygmies on the racetrack, 1904. Making the “others” play, 2. Gliding body – sitting body. Playing we-identity and religion, 3. Mass plays and social movements. Playing social identity, Part II: Play and Un-normal Normality, 4. Dancing joy and dancing mania – rhythmic possession, 5. Moving and playing with disability – and what is normal?, Part III: Play and Craft, 6. Parkour – between craftsmanship and playfulness, Part IV: Critical method: The Study of Play and the Play of Study, 7. Do we need a definition of play? Re-encounter with philosophies of games, 8. Towards a comparative phenomenology of play, 9. Play, games, sport, production. The study of configurations, 10. Play with words, play with numbers. About academic games, Part V: … and play down here, 11. Nisser – the playful small people of Denmark, 12. The nose – a playground in the midst of the human face, Conclusion: The playful human being – a challenge to philosophical anthropology

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Henning Eichberg was a Historian, Cultural Sociologist, and Philosopher. As Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Denmark, he worked in the Centre for Sports, Health and Civil Society at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics. Signe Højbjerre Larsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research focus is on parkour, play, body culture, lifestyle sports, sociology and philosophy of sport.

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