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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roger Caillois |
| OCLC Number: | 792561 |
| Notes: | Translation of Les jeux et les hommes. |
| Description: | 208 p. 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Translator's introduction -- The definition of play -- The classification of games -- The social function of games -- The corruption of games -- Toward a sociology dervived from games -- An expanded theory of games -- Simulation and vertigo -- Competition and chance -- Revivals in the modern world -- Appendix 1. The importance of games of chance -- Appendix 2 : Psychological and mathematical approaches. |
| Responsibility: | Translated from the French by Meyer Barash. |
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