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Psychoanalyzing the Grasshopper: Society, Work and Repressed Play in Suits’ Riddle
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 15 (2):251-265 (2020)
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In this article, I draw on psychoanalysis to provide a novel understanding of Suits’ theory of games by analyzing the riddle in the Grasshopper’s recurring dream, which Suits presents in his semina...Other Versions
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The Elements of Sport.Bernard Suits - 2007 - In William John Morgan, Ethics in Sport. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. pp. 9--19.
Aristotle on the Function of Man: Fallacies, Heresies and Other Entertainments.Bernard Suits - 1974 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 4 (1):23 - 40.
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Return of the Grasshopper.Bernard Suits - 2019 - In Thomas Hurka, Games, Sports, and Play: Philosophical Essays. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press. pp. 193-230.
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