Man, play, and games / Roger Caillois ; translated from the French by Meyer Barash.
Material type: TextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001Description: xi, 208 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 025207033X
- 9780252070334
- Jeux et les hommes. English
- 306.487
- GN454. C3413 2001
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Translation of: Les jeux et les hommes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Play and Games: Theme. I. The Definition of Play. II. The Classification of Games. III. The Social Function of Games. IV. The Corruption of Games. V. Toward a Sociology Derived from Games -- Part 2. Play and Games: Variations. VI. An Expanded Theory of Games. VII. Simulation and Vertigo. VIII. Competition and Chance. IX. Revivals in the Modern World. Appendix I. The Importance of Games of Chance -- Appendix II. Psychological and Mathematical Approaches.
"In this classic study, Caillois defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life."--Publisher's website.
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