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256 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781871871470
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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This text challenges the long tradition which sees human play as the fount of creativity and origin of all civilization. The book traces the history of an alternative theory of play in Shakespeare, Nietzsche and Freud, where play is an end in itse...
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256 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781871871470
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This text challenges the long tradition which sees human play as the fount of creativity and origin of all civilization. The book traces the history of an alternative theory of play in Shakespeare, Nietzsche and Freud, where play is an end in itse...