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Beschreibung
This volume presents a new theory of games which insists on games' unique value in human life. C. Thi Nguyen argues that games are an integral part of how we become mature, free people. Bridging aesthetics and practical reasoning, he gives an account of the special motivational structure involved in playing games. We can pursue goals, not for their own value, but for the sake of the struggle. Playing games involves a motivational inversion from normal life, and the fact that we can engage in this motivational inversion lets us use games to experience forms of agency we might never have developed on our own. Games, then, are a special medium for communication.
This volume presents a new theory of games which insists on games' unique value in human life. C. Thi Nguyen argues that games are an integral part of how we become mature, free people. Bridging aesthetics and practical reasoning, he gives an account of the special motivational structure involved in playing games. We can pursue goals, not for their own value, but for the sake of the struggle. Playing games involves a motivational inversion from normal life, and the fact that we can engage in this motivational inversion lets us use games to experience forms of agency we might never have developed on our own. Games, then, are a special medium for communication.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Thinking Art
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780190052089
ISBN-10: 0190052082
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Nguyen, C. Thi
Hersteller: OXFORD UNIV PR
Thinking Art
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Maße: 239 x 165 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: C. Thi Nguyen
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.04.2020
Gewicht: 0,499 kg
Artikel-ID: 123930544

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