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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIan Alexander Moore and Christopher Turner do more than simply translate the words that are in this book. They convey the spirit that lives in those words, in its distinctiveness among other writings with its unique, kindly scholarship-in-depth for which Eugen Fink was highly praised.
-- Ronald Bruzina
Ian Alexander Moore and Christopher Turner do more than simply translate the words that are in this book. They convey the spirit that lives in those words, in its distinctiveness among other writings with its unique, kindly scholarship-in-depth for which Eugen Fink was highly praised.
-- Ronald Bruzina * University of Kentucky *
This is a complex and challenging text, perhaps an essential primary source in the history of phenomenology. It is certainly noteworthy for exemplifying a unique crossroads in the legacies of Husserl and Heidegger.
* Phenomenological Reviews *
Compared to Husserl and Heidegger, Fink is a much more readable writer, and the translators have done an excellent job of rendering his words into fluid English prose.
* Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Table of ContentsTranslators' Introduction
Oasis of Happiness: Thoughts toward an Ontology of Play (1957)
Play as Symbol of the World (1960)
Chapter One: Play as a Philosophical Problem
Chapter Two: The Metaphysical Interpretation of Play
Chapter Three: The Interpretation of Play in Myth
Chapter Four: The Worldliness of Human Play
Play and Celebration (1975)
Additional Texts
Child's Play (1959)
Play and Philosophy (1966)
The World-Significance of Play (1973)
Play and Cult (1972-1973?)
Notes
The Philosophical-Pedagogical Problem of Play (1954)
Sport Seminar (1961)
Play and Sport (1962)
Notes on "Play and Philosophy" (1966)
Notes on "The World-Significance of Play" (1973)
Appendices
1. The Layout of the Volume and Description of the Texts
2. German Editors' Afterword
3. Bibliography of Fink's Works Available in English
4. Secondary Literature on Fink in English
Notes
Index
