Man, play, and games /
Caillois, Roger, 1913-1978.
Man, play, and games / Roger Caillois ; translated from the French by Meyer Barash. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001. - xi, 208 p. 20 cm.
Translation of: Les jeux et les hommes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part. 1. Play and games: theme--The definition of play--The classification of games--The social function of games--The corruption of games--Toward a sociology derived from games--Part. 2. Play and games: variations--An expanded theory of games--Simulation and vertigo--Competition and chance--Revivals in the modern world--Appendix: 1. The importance of games of chance ; 2. Psychological and mathematical approaches.
025207033X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2001027667
Games.
Games--Social aspects.
Play.
GN454 / .C35 2001
306.4/87
Man, play, and games / Roger Caillois ; translated from the French by Meyer Barash. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001. - xi, 208 p. 20 cm.
Translation of: Les jeux et les hommes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part. 1. Play and games: theme--The definition of play--The classification of games--The social function of games--The corruption of games--Toward a sociology derived from games--Part. 2. Play and games: variations--An expanded theory of games--Simulation and vertigo--Competition and chance--Revivals in the modern world--Appendix: 1. The importance of games of chance ; 2. Psychological and mathematical approaches.
025207033X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2001027667
Games.
Games--Social aspects.
Play.
GN454 / .C35 2001
306.4/87