The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia

Should games or sports with no obvious rulessuch as mountain climbingreally be classed with other sports or games? Are professional athletes who play just for money really playing a game at all? These are some of the fascinating questions addressed in these pages. Suits not only argues that games may be meaningfully defined as the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles; he also suggests that such activity is a central part of the ideal of human existencethat games deserve a place at the heart of any vision of Utopia.Suits, Bernard is the author of 'The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia' with ISBN 9781551117720 and ISBN 155111772X.