Pre-Owned Man, Play and Games (Paperback) 025207033X 9780252070334

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Book Details: This pre-owned paperback, "Man, Play and Games," was published in 2001 by the University of Illinois Press and contains 224 pages.
Author's Perspective: Roger Caillois defines play as a free, voluntary activity occurring in a pure space, isolated and protected from daily life.
Play Characteristics: Play is uncertain, governed by rules, and involves finding responses to actions within set limits, despite being considered a "pure waste" of resources.
Game Classifications: Caillois categorizes games based on dominant elements such as competition, chance, simulation, or vertigo, and explores varying play styles.
Cultural Integration: The book examines how games become integrated into daily life and contribute to the characteristic customs and institutions of various cultures.
Companion Volume: This work is presented in Meyer Barash's English translation and serves as a companion to Caillois's "Man and the Sacred."

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Publication date
August, 2001
Pages
224
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Original languages
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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.

Man, Play and Games, (Paperback)
Author: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070334
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2001-08-31
Page Count: 224

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Publication date

August, 2001

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