$39.88
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
16 February 2023
Summary
Beyond Winning: Exploring Finite and Infinite Games
“There are at least two kinds of games,” states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. “One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.”
Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their obje…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476731711 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1476731713 |
| Author: | James Carse |
| Publisher: | Free Press |
| Imprint: | Free Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 16 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 154g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
James Carse
James P. Carse is Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. A winner of the University’s Great Teacher Award, he is author of The Religious Case Against Belief (2008) and Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience (1994). Carse lives in New York City and Massachusetts.
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