Man, Play and Games by Caillois, Roger
Man, Play and Games by Caillois, Roger

Man, Play and Games

According to Roger Caillois, play is "an occasion of pure waste: waste of time, energy, ingenuity, skill,...
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Author: Roger Caillois
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Man, Play and Games by Caillois, Roger

Man, Play and Games

$94.38
Man, Play and Games by Caillois, Roger

Man, Play and Games

$94.38
Author: Roger Caillois
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
According to Roger Caillois, play is "an occasion of pure waste: waste of time, energy, ingenuity, skill, and often of money." In spite of this--or because of it--play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development.

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. Play is uncertain, since the outcome may not be foreseen, and it is governed by rules that provide a level playing field for all participants. In its most basic form, play consists of finding a response to the opponent's action--or to the play situation--that is free within the limits set by the rules.

Caillois qualifies types of games-- according to whether competition, chance, simulation, or vertigo (being physically out of control) is dominant--and ways of playing, ranging from the unrestricted improvisation characteristic of children's play to the disciplined pursuit of solutions to gratuitously difficult puzzles. Caillois also examines the means by which games become part of daily life and ultimately contribute to various cultures their most characteristic customs and institutions.

Presented here in Meyer Barash's superb English translation, Man, Play and Games is a companion volume to Caillois's Man and the Sacred.


Author: Roger Caillois
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 08/31/2001
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.54w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780252070334

About the Author
Roger Caillois (1913-78), a French philosopher and writer, was a cofounder of France's pathbreaking Collège de Sociologie pour l'Étude du Sacré and the founding editor of Diogenes, the journal of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies. His books included works of anthropology, sociology, psychoanalysis, art, and literary criticism. Meyer Barash, coeditor of Marriage and the Family: A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Problems, was on the faculty of Hofstra College in New York.



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