- Play, Civilization, Philosophy, Jeu
A unique philosophical perspective regarding the topic of play and it's impact and necessity in human culture.
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Spare, cool, contemplative and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Johan Huizinga
- First published
- 1938
- Pages
- 233
- Publisher
- Fondo de Cultura Económica, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Editions
- 66
- Language
- German, Dutch, Spanish, French
- ISBN
- 9786051068329
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Johan Huizinga (Groningen, 7 december 1872 – De Steeg, 1 februari 1945) was een Nederlands historicus. Hij is de grondlegger van de Nederlandstalige cultuurgeschiedenis en mentaliteitsgeschiedenis. Verder was hij cultuurfilosoof en antropoloog. Zijn belangrijkste werken zijn *Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen* (1919), *Erasmus* (1924), *In de schaduwen van morgen* (1935) en *Homo ludens* (1938). Uit zijn werk blijkt zijn voorliefde voor sprookjes en zijn bewondering voor de middeleeuwse ridderlijke ethiek. ---------- Johan Huizinga (7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history. Huizinga had an aesthetic approach to history, where art an
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