出版社: Ballantine Books
副标题: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
出版年: 1987-8-12
页数: 192
定价: USD 7.99
装帧: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 9780345341846
内容简介 · · · · · ·
“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...
“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 object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules may change, the boundaries may change, even the participants may change—as long as the game is never allowed to come to an end.
What are infinite games? How do they affect the ways we play our finite games? What are we doing when we play—finitely or infinitely? And how can infinite games affect the ways in which we live our lives?
Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely. He surveys our world—from the finite games of the playing field and playing board to the infinite games found in culture and religion—leaving all we think we know illuminated and transformed. Along the way, Carse finds new ways of understanding everything, from how an actress portrays a role to how we engage in sex, from the nature of evil to the nature of science. Finite games, he shows, may offer wealth and status, power and glory, but infinite games offer something far more subtle and far grander.
Carse has written a book rich in insight and aphorism. Already an international literary event, Finite and Infinite Games is certain to be argued about and celebrated for years to come. Reading it is the first step in learning to play the infinite game.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
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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Game over,再play不就好了
斯图尔特·布兰德谈《有限与无限的游戏》
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0 有用 Niuk_Lapatata 2021-10-23 18:04:00
小小文字游戏。
4 有用 Nin 2018-02-20 02:51:56
一个适用于宇宙万物一切规则的game mechanism/"着迷于不可知的作为人类的存在"/42/"If there WAS an answer, a meaning, would it make you any happier?"
0 有用 zhoyoyo 2022-04-27 09:30:55
作者找到了一种普世的规律(a metaphor)来重新定义全世界,反省行动的动机,各种现象存在的意义。虽然作者好像看着没有做价值判断,但还是很明显有种希望读者都活出真我的寄愿…
0 有用 悠悠 2019-08-08 17:35:47
无限性和standpoint切换
0 有用 当Yaz如是说 2024-02-10 14:45:18 美国
概念其实就是growth mindset,写的太多太绕。给我的感觉就是学尼采语言的皮毛,但没有灵魂。
0 有用 月生 2024-06-04 10:13:51 中国香港
玄乎的过分,本以为是要讲人生没有界限,结果讲了很多小概念,还没有一个聚焦的主题,太杂。哦,也不是没有聚焦的主题,有限对比无限,有限的人生只在乎输赢,无限的人生在于探索/成长(我自己诠释的)
0 有用 当Yaz如是说 2024-02-10 14:45:18 美国
概念其实就是growth mindset,写的太多太绕。给我的感觉就是学尼采语言的皮毛,但没有灵魂。
0 有用 Kymair 2023-09-12 18:12:48 湖北
太难读了。许多观点其实都很深刻,但就一笔带过。
1 有用 Dawnaif 2023-05-28 12:53:51 美国
放学以后某期争议极大的播客推荐了这本,找来看了,没想到对我解决内耗问题帮助极大……有限游戏是给你写好的剧本,我们只能扮演其中角色。无限游戏不以结束为目的,剧本是作废的,你可以无限把游戏进行下去,成为传奇。传奇化下,一个人选择成为某个人;表演之下,一个人选择扮演某人。两种游戏没有高下之分,作者当然更推崇无限游戏。在有限游戏里玩累了大可不必觉得自己是个废物,开创自己的无限游戏就好了。那些玩得好的人也别... 放学以后某期争议极大的播客推荐了这本,找来看了,没想到对我解决内耗问题帮助极大……有限游戏是给你写好的剧本,我们只能扮演其中角色。无限游戏不以结束为目的,剧本是作废的,你可以无限把游戏进行下去,成为传奇。传奇化下,一个人选择成为某个人;表演之下,一个人选择扮演某人。两种游戏没有高下之分,作者当然更推崇无限游戏。在有限游戏里玩累了大可不必觉得自己是个废物,开创自己的无限游戏就好了。那些玩得好的人也别羡慕,他们只是好的演员罢了。中文版翻译太烂了,英文版当然也没多好读,废话有点多。 (展开)
0 有用 芜塘子 2023-03-09 00:14:27 广东
人生理想就是能写出一本这样的书,如果不行能读到也是三生有幸。