Homo Ludens: Study of the Play Element in Culture. Johan H. Huizinga

Homo Ludens: Study of the Play Element in Culture


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Homo Ludens: Study of the Play Element in Culture Johan H. Huizinga
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As Malaby recognises, this has roots even older than Caillois' study of play, since Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens (1938) – which inspired Caillois – is based on this idea. If you look deeper in this item you will find a good thing of it there is a lot of review with related products here. Homo Ludens: Versuch einer Bestimmung des Spielelementes der Kultur. Manusia itu pemain atau manusia itu bermain. But as creatures of a game-space, the avatars also signify beings at play; Dutch cultural theorist Johan Huizinga is famous for dubbing such creatures "Homo Ludens" to emphasize play as an important element of culture. While a collective name may remain elusive, Homo Ludens is a relevant "species" to study as it forms the population of New Babylon, a utopian world imagined by Dutch artist Constant Nieuwenhuis. As Malaby writes: For [Huizinga] I'm not sure Huizinga is justly tarred with the brush of this separation between play and productive action - much of Homo Ludens is spent commenting on where the play element of culture used to be found (but can be no longer). It was initated by Daniel Hjort some 10 years ago through his doctoral thesis, where he picked up the expression “Homo Ludens” from the 1955 book by Johan Huizinga where he studied the play element in culture. I mentioned a week ago that I was reading through the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga's book Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture . Homo Ludens Study of the Play Element in Culture (International Library of Society) by Johan Huizinga English | 1980 | ISBN: 0710005784 | 226 pages | PDF | 3.58 MB. Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture. Anonymously translated as Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture. 8era - Homo Ludens, Man the player atau playing man.