Philosophical Perspectives on Play (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138707597)

Malcolm MacLean studied anthropology and history with a PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, and is Reader in the Culture and History of Sport and Associate Dean, Quality and Standards at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. He has taught history in New Zealand and worked as a policy analyst and historian in the New Zealand Ministry of Justice. His publications deal with cultural boycotts and sports-related anti-apartheid protests, the cultural politics of settlement colonies, and discourses of indigeneity associated with sport, body, and movement cultures. He is actively involved in international sports studies networks and was Chair of the British Society of Sports History. He is an editor and author of Philosophy of Play (Routledge, 2013), 'Sporting nations without states' (2014) and 'The sports club in history: International aspects' (2013).

Wendy Russell is a Senior Lecturer in Play and Playwork at University of Gloucestershire, UK and a consultant on children's play and playwork. She has worked in the UK playwork sector for over 35 years, first as a playworker on adventure playgrounds, then in play development, research, and education and training. She has worked on development, strategic, evaluation and research projects for local authorities, the private sector and local, national and international voluntary organisations. Key publications include, co-authored with Stuart Lester, Play for a Change (2008) and Children's Right to Play (2010). She co-edited The Philosophy of Play (Routledge, 2013) with Emily Ryall and Malcolm MacLean. She is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Play.

Emily Ryall is a Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Sport at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. She is an editor and author of Philosophy of Play (Routledge, 2013). She is also Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association, book review editor for Sport, Ethics and Philosophy and on the editorial panel for the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. She has written and published widely on philosophical issues related to sport