Anti-Huizinga: a different philosophy of the game

Authors

  • Viktor V. Kostetckii Saint Petersburg Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, 3 A, Teatralnaya sq., St. Petersburg, 190068, Russian Federation; St. Petersburg state academic Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture named after I.E. Repin at the Russian Academy of arts, 17, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21146/0042-8744-2020-2-196-204

Keywords:

J. Huizinga, game, creativity, adventure, foolery, leisure, modality, activity, enthusiasm, ecstasy, altered states of consciousness, dance.

Abstract

The article demonstrates the fallacy of analogies on the basis of which J. Huizinga builds a concept of the game as universal in the world. For a positive presentation of the new concept, the concept of the game is subjected to logical and ontological analysis, new materials from the history of culture: in particular, the importance of the institute of the harem for the formation of the phenomenon of playing leisure and, accordingly, the archetype of the game. Analysis of ec­static practices in culture allows to clearly distinguish between the game and its various similarities.

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Published

2020-02-29

Issue

No. 2 (2020)

Section

Letters to Editors

How to Cite

[1]
2020. Anti-Huizinga: a different philosophy of the game. Voprosy Filosofii. 2 (Feb. 2020), 196‒204. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21146/0042-8744-2020-2-196-204.