{"product_id":"archaeology-of-play-9781433158414","title":"Archaeology of Play","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchaeology of Play: The Re-Discovery of Platonic-Aristotelian Tripartivism in Interdisciplinary Discourses\u003c\/em\u003e proposes that play's antithesis is not seriousness but rather one-dimensionality. This book argues that the rediscovery of Platonic-Aristotelian tripartivism lends to a more expansive appreciation of play in terms of three rhetorical registersnamely, \u003ci\u003eskholé\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eagon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003epaidia\u003c\/i\u003e. Scholastic play resides in leisure and contemplation. Agonistics is realmed in competition, contests, and power-play, while paidiatics is expressed in lowly ruses, trickeries, recreation, and amusement of the low-bred and the subaltern. By subjecting play to the tripartite lens, \u003ci\u003eArchaeology of Play\u003c\/i\u003e highlights vital surpluses and lacunae in the treatment of the subject matter and therefore yields a refreshing, re-politicized understanding of play dynamics in the different fields of human endeavor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurthermore, Bourdieu's and Rancière's lusory discourses redeem pla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments – Introduction: Mapping the Playfield – The Scholastic Viewpoint—Play as Leisure and Contemplation – The Agonistic Viewpoint—Play as Power and Competition – The Paidiatic Viewpoint—Play as Amusement and Resistance – Remapping Tripartite Play—Bourdieu and Ranciere – Beyond Lusory Tripartition—Issues and Trajectories: Carnivalia of Interlocutors With Bourdieu and Ranciere as Toastmasters – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039639011671,"sku":"9781433158414","price":83.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433158414.jpg?v=1750944340","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/archaeology-of-play-9781433158414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}