Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
by Johan Huizinga
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Author: Johan HuizingaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1971-06-01
ISBN: 0807046817
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Beacon Press
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Book Review: "No one is more serious than children at their games" Montaigne
Summary: 5 Stars
The search for the essence of our humanity has led thinkers to time and again single out one aspect of our complex nature. We are 'the talking creature' and we are the 'rational being' and we are 'the fabricator' and maker of worlds. We are the creature 'made in the image of God" and the only one capable of
'imitato dei'. And we are also 'homo ludens' the creature for whom play is at the essence of our being .
Huizinga may be too much of a generalist for many today, but he has a great perception and he elaborates and investigates it in an insightful way.
" If we cannot play we cannot begin to be fully human"
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