Johan Huizinga on the Centrality of Play

In this stunning book, Huizinga argues that play is central to civilization, that in fact it precedes and forms the basis for human culture. At ...

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Huizinga suggests that play is primary to and a necessary (though not sufficient) condition of the generation of culture. The Latin word ludens is the present ...

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Huizinga argues that by playing, we make society, or more specifically, “civilization.” His theory suggests that there is a structure to both “ ...

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In Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. He identifies five characteristics of play.

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by J Huizinga · Cited by 22 — According to one theory play constitutes a training of the young creature for the serious work that life will demand later on. According to another it serves as ...25 pages

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A study of the play element in culture. 220 p. 23 cm. Huizinga, Johan. This edition is prepared from the German edition published in Switzerland, 1944.

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by H Rodriguez · Cited by 336 — The philosophical starting point of Huizinga's study is the observation that, where there is play, there is also "meaning". Playing makes sense to the player.

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Huizinga considers play — “a well-defined quality of action which is different from 'ordinary' life” — as evidence that our lives are animated ...

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According to Huizinga, play is not daily life, and is an autonomous act that exists with its own unique order in a separate space and time, disconnected from ...

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We are deeply playful creatures. Play is who we are. Homo Ludens, Playful Human, is what Johan Huizinga called us. Not to replace Homo Sapiens, Wise Human, but ...

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