Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture (Record no. 4897)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 4897 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781621389995 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Huizinga, Johan |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7041 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Johan Huizinga |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Brooklyn, NY; |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Angelico Press; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 232p; |
| Dimensions | 22x14cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. He identifies five characteristics of play: it is free; it is not “ordinary” or “real” life; it is distinct from “ordinary” life both as to locality and duration; it creates order; it is connected with no material interest, and from it no profit can be gained. With cross-cultural examples from the humanities, business, and politics, Huizinga examines play in all its diverse guises—as it relates to language, law, war, knowledge, poetry, myth, philosophy, art, and much more. As he writes, “Civilization is, in its earliest phases, played. It does not come from play like a baby detaching itself from the womb: it arises in and as play, and never leaves it.” Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of “man the player” through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and early modern world. With an eye for our own times he writes: “In American politics [play] is even more evident. Long before the two-party system had reduced itself to two gigantic teams whose political differences were hardly discernible to an outsider, electioneering in America had developed into a kind of national sport.” With its remarkable historical sweep, Homo Ludens defines play for generations to come. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HM1001-1281 Social psychology |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7042 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Social Sciences | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | SB16- Reading rooms- Requested by Zeynep Oz | HM1001-1281 89.774 | 4897 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book |