Masking the Abject: A Genealogy of Play - Mechthild Nagel - Books - Lexington Books - 9780739103081 - March 5, 2002
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Masking the Abject: A Genealogy of Play


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This study traces the beginnings of the malediction of play in western metaphysics. It analyzes how the distinction between the serious and the playful developed, charting play's changing ontological status, and ethical and aesthetic dimensions, from the logocentric to the bacchanalian.


140 pages, bibliography, index

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 5, 2002
ISBN13 9780739103081
Publishers Lexington Books
Pages 140
Dimensions 151 × 231 × 10 mm   ·   218 g

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