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Play and aesthetics in ancient Greece / Stephen E. Kidd, Brown University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kidd, Stephen E., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato.
- Aristotle.
- Play--History.
- Play.
- Pleasure.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- The pais of paizo: children, intoxication, and play in ancient psycho-physiology
- Why Plato needs play
- Plato's play and the tragic paradox
- What do pleasure-objects do? : an inquiry into toys
- Aristotle's demotion of play
- Play vs. mimesis in Aristotle's aesthetics
- Serious play as goal-oriented play
- The value of serious things before and after death
- Conclusions: toward a pleasure-model of play.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781108492072
- 110849207X
- OCLC:
- 1076548393
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