1st Edition

Homo Ludens ILS 86

By Huizinga Copyright 1949
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is Volume III of nine in series on the Sociology of Culture. Originally published in 1949, this is a study of the play-element in culture and is translated from the German edition.

    Chapter 1 Nature and Significance of Play as a Cultural Phenomenon; Chapter 2 The Play-Concept as Expressed in Language; Chapter 3 Play and Contest as Civilizing Functions; Chapter 4 Play and Law; Chapter 5 Play and War; Chapter 6 Playing and Knowing; Chapter 7 Play and Poetry; Chapter 8 The Elements of Mythopoiesis; Chapter 9 Play-Forms in Philosophy; Chapter 10 Play-Forms in Art; Chapter 11 Western Civilization Sub Specie Ludi; Chapter 12 The Play-Element in Contemporary Civilization;

    Biography

    J. Huizinga