BOOK REVIEW - DIANA MĂRGĂRIT, CIPRIAN JELER (EDS.). SERIOZITATEA JOCULUI. O ABORDARE MULTIDISCIPLINARĂ A LUDICULUI, EDITURA UNIVERSITĂȚII ‟ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA”, IAȘI, 2021, 224 P.
BOOK REVIEW - DIANA MĂRGĂRIT, CIPRIAN JELER (EDS.). SERIOZITATEA JOCULUI. O ABORDARE MULTIDISCIPLINARĂ A LUDICULUI, EDITURA UNIVERSITĂȚII ‟ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA”, IAȘI, 2021, 224 P.

Summary/Abstract: “Seriozitatea jocului. O abordare multidisciplinară a ludicului” (The seriousness of playing. A multidisciplinary approach to playfulness), coordinated by Diana Mărgărit and Ciprian Jeler, was published in 2021 at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University Publishing House, introducing the topic of game, as seen from the perspective of ten original contributions of researchers and authors dedicated to this vast topic. Playing, an activity that does not seem to raise major epistemic issues, comes out unfolding its multiple dimensions such as semantic, aesthetic, historical, social, anthropological or ontological relevance. As a philosopher interested in topics that encompass a wide range of extended applicability disciplines, the subject of play seems to me as much fascinating and spectacular as it is peculiar, mysterious, enticing. I found myself delighted to encounter in contemporary philosophy a paper work that gathers in its content such a vast repertoire of meanings, approaches and tensions related to the proposed topic. Thus, this volume represents a bold proposal to reconsider the playing’s multidisciplinarity - this human activity that firmly supports the psychological, emotional and intellectual development. Last but not least, this volume illustrates through its articles an organic development of perception concerning the play, from its most obvious meanings to overthrowing nuances of meaning and practical intuitions to a pellucid approach regarding the individual - community and otherness relationship, which is closely related to game functionality.

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