If Life Is a Game, How Come I'm Not Having Fun?

by Paul Brenner

2001 · State University of New York Press

In this lively and enlightening book, Paul Brenner suggests that treating life's events and everyday activities as a game would lead to a more socially functional and effective society. Through compelling suggestions and dynamic anecdotes, he conceptualizes all our economic, political, social, and spiritual pursuits in terms of role-play, and demonstrates the contribution this perspective can make to the happiness of individuals and to the systemic welfare of an increasingly complex social order.

Diplomatic Theory of International Relations

by Paul Sharp

2009 · Cambridge University Press

This book seeks to identify a body or tradition of diplomatic thinking and construct a diplomatic theory of international relations from it.