PR 489: María Lugones and the Value of Playfulness for World-Making

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https://philpapers.org/rec/FRIMLA-2

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Ricardo Friaz

Abstract

In this essay, I focus on Lugones’s relatively lesser explored notion of playfulness. I weigh in on the debate about whether playfulness is necessary for what Lugones calls “world-traveling,” which enables one to recognize another person as a full subject. I argue that although the attribute of playfulness may not be necessary for world-traveling, it is necessary for collaborative world-making––creating a new, shared world that is opened through the activity of play.

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