Play reconsidered : sociological perspectives on human expression /
Thomas S. Henricks.
- viii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
Johan Huizinga's challenge to play studies -- Karl Marx on creativity and alienation -- Emile Durkheim on the social foundations of expression -- Max Weber and the rationalization of play -- Georg Simmel and the play-forms of social life -- Erving Goffman on play as encounter -- Play as human expression.