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Huizinga, J. (1980). Homo ludens: A study of the play-element in culture. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. (Original work published 1949). Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (28/09/2005, 14:53) Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (03/03/2025, 10:54) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published ID no. (ISBN etc.): 0 7100 0578 4 BibTeX citation key: Huizinga1949 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Culture, Play Creators: Huizinga Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul (London) |
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Regarding the title and the use of 'of' or 'in', Huizinga notes in the foreword: "Each time my hosts wanted to correct it to " in" Culture, and each time I protested and clung to the genitive, because it was not my object to define the place of play among all the other manifestations of culture, but rather to ascertain how far culture itself bears the character of play," to which the translator of this edition responds: "Logically, of course, Huizinga is correct; but as English prepositions are not governed by logic I have retained the more euphonious ablative in this sub-title." |
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The opening statement: "PLAY is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing. We can safely assert, even, that human civilization has added no essential feature to the general idea of play. Animals play just like men."
Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard
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