Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture - Softcover

Huizinga, Johan

 
9780807046814: Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807046817 ISBN 13: 9780807046814
Verlag: Beacon Press, 1971

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An essential reference for all game designers, this 1938 classic is “a fascinating account of ‘man the player’ and the contribution of play to civilization” (Harper’s).
 
In this classic evaluation of play that has become a “must-read” for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of Homo Ludens, or “man the player” through Medieval Times, the Renaissance, and into our modern civilization. Huizinga defines play against a rich theoretical background, using cross-cultural examples from the humanities, business, and politics. Homo Ludens defines play for generations to come.

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"Johan Huizinga (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːɦɑn ˈɦœyzɪŋɣaː]) (December 7, 1872 – February 1, 1945), was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history." (amazon.com)

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'A writer with a sharp and powerful intelligence, helped by a gift of expression and exposition which is very rare, Huizinga assembles and interprets one of the most fundamental elements of human culture: the instinct for play. Reading this volume, one suddenly discovers how profoundly the achievements in law, science, poverty, war, philosophy, and in the arts, are nourished by the instinct of play.' - Roger Caillois, editor of Diogenes

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Verlag
Beacon Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1971
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0807046817
ISBN 13 
9780807046814
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
232
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