Telecharger un livre electronique Finite and Infinite Games
By James P. Carse
?There are at least two kinds of games,? states James P. Carse as he
begins this extraordinary book. ?One could be called finite; the other
infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite
game for the purpose of continuing the play.?Finite games are the familiar
contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is
when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is
not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules may change,
the boundaries may change, even the participants may change?as long as
the game is never allowed to come to an end. What are infinite games?
How do they affect the ways we play our finite games? What are we doing
when we play?finitely or infinitely? And how can infinite games affect the
ways in which we live our lives? Carse explores these questions with
stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation
and insight, noting where and why and how we play,
