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Play and the Human Condition - Hardcover

Henricks, Thomas S.

 
9780252039072: Play and the Human Condition
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0252039076 ISBN 13: 9780252039072
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2015

Synopsis

In Play and the Human Condition, Thomas Henricks brings together ways of considering play to probe its essential relationship to work, ritual, and communitas. Focusing on five contexts for play--the psyche, the body, the environment, society, and culture--Henricks identifies conditions that instigate play, and comments on its implications for those settings. Offering a general theory of play as behavior promoting self-realization, Henricks articulates a conception of self that includes individual and social identity, particular and transcendent connection, and multiple fields of involvement. Henricks also evaluates play styles from history and contemporary life to analyze the relationship between play and human freedom.

Imaginative and stimulating, Play and the Human Condition shows how play allows us to learn about our qualities and those of the world around us--and in so doing make sense of ourselves.

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About the Author

Thomas S. Henricks is the Danieley Professor of Sociology at Elon University and author of Play Reconsidered: Sociological Perspectives on Human Expression.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252039076
ISBN 13 
9780252039072
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264