Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James P. Carse
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Book Reviews of Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Book Review: New Age Nonsense? PSHAW!
Summary: 5 Stars
I want to specifically respond to the reviewer who wrote that this book is "new age nonsense" and that it encourages Christianity. Firstly, that's an impossible juxtaposition if I've ever heard one. Secondly, the book explains quite succintly that an infinite player could never seriously be a Christian. Read the book again, and you'll see that, while it does offer a way of viewing life that could dictate how one acts spiritually, it actually offers a very logical way of appreciating the world. There's far more to this book than just an analysis of spirituality, but of war, nature, technology -- if it's in our world, it's covered somehow in this extrodinary book.Book Review: Another perspective
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the second time I've owned this book; lost it in a downsizing. But it
was such a different way of looking at life, I needed to have it to refer to.
It views our behavior as a series of games; somw played to win, others for
the pleasure of continuing to play. I think such a viewpoint helps us to see
what we are doing in a more important way - perhaps the temporary and fleet-
ing versus the more satisfying over the long pull. I heartily recommend it to
those who wish to be more conscious of what they are doing, so they may be
able to distinguish between what is temporary and what lasts.
Book Review: paradigm shift in easy to understand examples
Summary: 5 Stars
i first read this book in japan, and the guy who lent it to me almost lost it to me. it consolidates thousands of "self-help" and mysticism books into elegant, geometric-proof style summations of personal experience. i've been sent to organizational training seminars for work purposes and have read various martial arts and bodywork texts, also for work purposes. the principles in "finite and infinite games" added immensely to all of it. carse's ideas are like alexander technique for the mind and soul. and if you're interested in alexander technique, check out the new book by macdonald.
Book Review: provides an alternative way to look at the world
Summary: 5 Stars
Finite and Infinite Games divides what people do into two aspects, finite games and infinite games. Infinite games are the preferred approach to life. Finite games are played to win. Infinite games are played to continue play. This book made me wish I knew more about philosophy as the author is obviously providing a counterpoint to much of previous philosophy. So I think that a reader with a moderate knowledge of philosophy would benefit more from this book than I did. Still I got a lot out of this book and highly recommend it. I think this is a book that one can come back to often in one's travels through philosophy.Book Review: "A Handbook for Life"
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used this as a philosophy text in my college teaching for many years. It has been described by my students as "transformative". No matter what their field area, the sciences or the arts, this text gives a "Bigger Picture" view of roles, culture, society, competition, war, waste, even sex than any book I have ever read.
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