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Man, play, and games.
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Man, play, and games.

Author: Roger Caillois
Publisher: [New York] Free Press of Glencoe [1961]
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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