TY - JOUR
T1 - Bernard Suits’ Response to the Question on the Meaning of Life as a Critique of Modernity
AU - Lopez Frias, Francisco Javier
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to thank Mike McNamee and John William Devine for inviting me to present an earlier version of this article at the 2018 Conference of the British Philosophy of Sport Association (BPSA) in Swansea, Wales. Also, I am thankful to those who gave me feedback on it, with special mention to the two anonymous reviewers of the journal.
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PY - 2019/10/2
Y1 - 2019/10/2
N2 - The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of sport. In the book, Suits investigates two fundamental issues in general philosophy: (a) the possibility of providing definitions and (b) the exploration of the meaning of life. In this article, I will focus on the latter in order to analyze an underdeveloped aspect of Suits’ work, namely, his critique to the predominant notion of the good life in modern society, that is, the life consisting in instrumentally valuable activities (work). In doing so, I will portray Suits as a critic of modernity.
AB - The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of sport. In the book, Suits investigates two fundamental issues in general philosophy: (a) the possibility of providing definitions and (b) the exploration of the meaning of life. In this article, I will focus on the latter in order to analyze an underdeveloped aspect of Suits’ work, namely, his critique to the predominant notion of the good life in modern society, that is, the life consisting in instrumentally valuable activities (work). In doing so, I will portray Suits as a critic of modernity.
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U2 - 10.1080/17511321.2018.1550526
DO - 10.1080/17511321.2018.1550526
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058139452
VL - 13
SP - 406
EP - 418
JO - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
JF - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
SN - 1751-1321
IS - 3-4
ER -