The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia
Title | The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia |
Year for Search | 1978 |
Authors | Suits, Bernard [Herbert](1925-2007) |
Date Published | 1978 |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Place Published | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Keywords | Canadian 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. |