Format:
1 Online-Ressource
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780252047107
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0252047109
Content:
Arguing that play is a social and cultural phenomenon of adult life, enveloped by wider structures and processes of society, this work explores Karl Marx's analysis of creativity in human labour, examines Emile Durkheim's observations on the role of ritual and the formation of collective consciousness, and more
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index
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Johan Huizinga's challenge to play studies -- Karl Marx on creativity and alienation -- Emile Durkheim on the social foundations of expression -- Max Weber and the rationalization of play -- Georg Simmel and the play-forms of social life -- Erving Goffman on play as encounter -- Play as human expression.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0252030788
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0252073185
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Henricks, Thomas S Play reconsidered Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2006
Language:
English
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