The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia

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TitleThe Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia
Year for Search1978
AuthorsSuits, Bernard [Herbert](1925-2007)
Date Published1978
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
Place PublishedToronto, ON, Canada
KeywordsCanadian author, Male author, US author
Annotation

A fictional consideration of the nature of utopia that discusses a number of possible utopias. The basic position is that utopia would be the playing of games or activities valued only for themselves rather than being instrumental.
Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. Edinburgh, Scot.: Scottish Academic Press, 1978. Rpt. with a new Introduction by Thomas Hurka (7-20) and additional material. Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 2005. This should be read with his "The Grasshopper: Posthumous Reflections on Utopia." Utopias. Ed. Peter Alexander and Roger Gill (London: Duckworth, 1984), 197-209; first published as "Games and Utopia: Posthumous Reflections." Simulation and Games 15.1 (March 1984): 5-24.
Holding Institutions

LLL
Author Note

The author (1925-2007), a philosopher, was born and educated in the U.S. and taught at the University of Illinois and Purdue University before moving to the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Full Text

1978 Suits, Bernard [Herbert] (1925-2007). The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia. Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press. U.K. ed. Edinburgh, Scot.: Scottish Academic Press, 1978. Rpt. with a new Introduction by Thomas Hurka (7-20) and additional material. Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 2005. This should be read with his “The Grasshopper: Posthumous Reflections on Utopia.” Utopias. Ed. Peter Alexander and Roger Gill (London: Duckworth, 1984), 197-209; first published as “Games and Utopia: Posthumous Reflections.” Simulation and Games 15.1 (March 1984): 5-24. LLL

A fictional consideration of the nature of utopia that discusses a number of possible utopias. The basic position is that utopia would be the playing of games or activities valued only for themselves rather than being instrumental. The author, a philosopher, was born and educated in the U.S. and taught at the University of Illinois and Purdue University before moving to the University of Waterloo in Canada.