Homo ludens - Softcover

Huizinga, Johan

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ISBN 10: 880616287X ISBN 13: 9788806162870

Publisher: Einaudi, 2002

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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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A must-read for anybody with serious interest in games and play. It is the classic work in the field, still more informative than any of the modern books on the subject. Chris Crawford, author of "Chris Crawford on Game Design"
A fascinating account of man the player and the contribution of play to civilization. "Harper s"

A writer with a sharp and powerful intelligence, helped by a gift of expression and exposition which is very rare, Huizinga assembles and interprets one of the most fundamental elements of human culture: the instinct for play. Reading this volume, one suddenly discovers how profoundly the achievements in law, science, poverty, war, philosophy, and in the arts, are nourished by the instinct of play. Roger Caillois, editor of "Diogenes""

-A must-read for anybody with serious interest in games and play. It is the classic work in the field, still more informative than any of the modern books on the subject.- --Chris Crawford, author of Chris Crawford on Game Design
-A fascinating account of 'man the player' and the contribution of play to civilization.- --Harper's

-A writer with a sharp and powerful intelligence, helped by a gift of expression and exposition which is very rare, Huizinga assembles and interprets one of the most fundamental elements of human culture: the instinct for play. Reading this volume, one suddenly discovers how profoundly the achievements in law, science, poverty, war, philosophy, and in the arts, are nourished by the instinct of play.- --Roger Caillois, editor of Diogenes

"A must-read for anybody with serious interest in games and play. It is the classic work in the field, still more informative than any of the modern books on the subject." --Chris Crawford, author of Chris Crawford on Game Design

"A fascinating account of 'man the player' and the contribution of play to civilization." --Harper's

"A writer with a sharp and powerful intelligence, helped by a gift of expression and exposition which is very rare, Huizinga assembles and interprets one of the most fundamental elements of human culture: the instinct for play. Reading this volume, one suddenly discovers how profoundly the achievements in law, science, poverty, war, philosophy, and in the arts, are nourished by the instinct of play." --Roger Caillois, editor of Diogenes

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'A writer with a sharp and powerful intelligence, helped by a gift of expression and exposition which is very rare, Huizinga assembles and interprets one of the most fundamental elements of human culture: the instinct for play. Reading this volume, one suddenly discovers how profoundly the achievements in law, science, poverty, war, philosophy, and in the arts, are nourished by the instinct of play.' - Roger Caillois, editor of Diogenes

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