Play
Merleau-Ponty—Play
"my body simultaneously sees and is seen. That which looks at all things can also look at itself and recognize, in what it sees, the "other side" of its power of looking."
Page Number:
P. 161
Bibliographic Reference:
Merleau-Ponty, M. “Eye and mind.” The primacy of perception (1964): 159–190.
Lyotard—Language Games
Bibliographic Reference:
Jean-François Lyotard, The postmodern condition : a report on knowledge. (Manchester: Univ. Pr., 1984).
Gadamer—etymology of 'play'
"If we examine how the word "play" is used... In each case what is intended is to-and-fro movement that is not tied to any goal that would bring it to an end... rather, it renews itself in constant repetition... It is the game that is played—it is irrelevant whether or not there is a subject who plays it." (p.104)
Bibliographic Reference:
Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and method. 2nd ed. London: Sheed and Ward, 1989.
Gadamer—on 'play'
"Seriousness is not merely something that calls us away from play; rather, seriousness in playing is necessary to make the play wholly play" (p.103)
Bibliographic Reference:
Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and method. 2nd ed. London: Sheed and Ward, 1989.
Gadamer—on 'play'
"When we speak of play in reference to the experience of art, this means neither the orientation nor even the state of mind of the creator or of those enjoying the work of art, nor the freedom of a subjectivity engaged in play, but the mode of being of the work of art itself." (p.102)
Bibliographic Reference:
Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and method. 2nd ed. London: Sheed and Ward, 1989.
