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Man, play, and games / Roger Caillois ; translated from the French by Meyer Barash.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001Description: xi, 208 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 025207033X
  • 9780252070334
Uniform titles:
  • Jeux et les hommes. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.487
LOC classification:
  • GN454. C3413 2001
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 306.487 CAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A549331B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.487 CAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A254552B

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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