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Journal Article
Play Studies
2020
Overview
First published in 1958, Caillois's Man, Play, and Games sets forth its own definition of play and reenvisions the split between modern and premodern versions of that activity. First comes the dominant approach in the field, what he calls the rhetoric of \"progress.\" [...]he notes the rhetoric of \"fate,\" the idea that play is connected intimately with chance, destiny, and other matters defying human control. [...]I maintain there is need for a brief history of the field that summarizes key themes and recalls important writings. Because of its wide scope and necessary brevity, this article may give less than adequate attention to some themes-and some scholars-that some readers deem
Publisher
The Strong
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