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	<title>The Immanent Frame &#187; Games people play</title>
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		<title>Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark C. Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we come closest to the gods in moments of play. When play is genuine, time is suspended and we are lifted into an eternal Now, where passing away seems to pass away.  The value of play, like fine art, is intrinsic. We might say of play what Heidegger says of a rose, that it is “without why.” Always purposeless, the beauty of play is that it is not utilitarian; it is valuable because it is impractical. As Nietzsche teaches in his “<a title="The Gay Science" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gay_Science" target="_blank">Gay Science</a>,” play, which is beyond good and evil, reveals the wisdom of unworldly folly and the folly of worldly wisdom. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well done better than well said</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/super-bowl-xlii.png" border="0" alt="" width="120" align="right" />The Super Bowl is an annual ritual celebration of the classical virtues embodied in the game of football, virtues that help fortify our national character. I know that not everyone will see so much in the event. For some critics, the Super Bowl is a mere spectacle, empty pomp and crass consumerist craze, all as meaningless as the silver glitz of the Patriots cheerleaders’ pom-poms. [...]]]></description>
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