0015 - The Metaphysics of Games Part 1

Welcome to this extended seminar with Donncha Kavanagh on the history and Metaphysics of Games, Play & Fun.In the next couple of episodes Donncha will talk about the background, key ideas, concepts and theories surrounding the role of games and play in human society.In part 1In part 1 Donncha develops a brief history of influential ideas surrounding the ideal of work and the role of play in human culture.Pleasure and play as sin, the protestant reformation, and the centrality of a work versus leisure shaping the ethics of utlilitarianism, capitalism, and labour movements. From the ancient to the classical period of European history – thinking on values attached to games and play in everyday life.We see Shifting conceptulisations of the status of games and play from the late classical to early Industrial eras.Contrasting changing beliefs of what is pious, worthy, good, and valuable; social-value distinctions between work and play.Thank you for listening to Design Talk.The music used is Tired Traveler On The Way Home by Andrew Codeman……and Jimmy’s Jam from Ampletunes. For licence and other information see the show notes.AcknowledgementsMusic 1) Title: Tired traveler on the way to homeArtist: Andrew CodemanLicence: Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Source: https://bit.ly/2yTIHv4​ (AndrewCodeman_TiredTravelerOnTheWayHome_2018.mp3)2) Title: Jimmy's JamArtist: AmpletunesSource: https://ampletunes.com/downloads (Soul | Funk)License: Ampletunes Free License; "Ampletunes was created to provide you with royalty free music absolutely free of charge" Cover Art Title: Blue Sky ThinkingArtist: Allen HigginsSource: A collage: photo of Donncha Kavanagh used with permission; “Cloud with ladders” used under Fair Use, non-commercial: stock image clip art from Microsoft PowerPoint "New" 23 Dec 15:15 2021); font used “Silom”.License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) is released under the “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike version 4.0 creative commons license aka CC BY-NC-SA 4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.