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Homo Ludens - Wikipedia

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Homo Ludens is a book originally published in Dutch in 1938[2] by Dutch historian and cultural theorist Johan Huizinga.[3] It discusses the importance of the play element of culture and society.[4] 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 active participle of the verb ludere, which itself is cognate with the noun ludus. Ludus has no direct equivalent in English, as it simultaneously refers to sport, play, school, and practice.[5] 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.[6] Huizinga begins by making it clear that animals played before humans. One of the most significant (human and cultural) aspects of play is that it is fun.[7] Huizinga identifies 5 characteristics that play must have:[8] Huizinga shows that in ritual dances a person 'becomes'

Homo Ludens - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1938 book by Johan Huizinga Homo Ludens Cover of the French edition, Gallimard Author Johan Huizinga Language Dutch Subject culture , society Publisher Routledge & Kegan Paul , London, 1949; Beacon Press , Boston, 1950, Random House Publication date 1938 [ 1 ] Publication place Netherlands Published in English 1949 Homo Ludens is a book originally published in Dutch in 1938 [ 2 ] by Dutch historian and cultural theorist Johan Huizinga . [ 3 ] It discusses the importance of the p

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