{"product_id":"play-and-the-human-condition-hardback-9780252039072","title":"Play and the Human Condition (Hardback) 9780252039072","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlay and the Human Condition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas S. Henricks (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252039072\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 1 chart, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This work will help shape and unify the field of play studies. I have not read its equal; in fact, there is nothing elsewhere quite like it.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Scott G. Eberle, vice president for play studies at The Strong National Museum of Play\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePlay and the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e is a book as ambitious as its title…  An erudite reading of the vast tradition of play studies, from sociology and psychology to cultural anthropology. It is also an original contribution to understanding play--provocative, informative and enlightening.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Play\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Profound and reasonable, accessible and well-written, and wide-ranging while confident of the details of past scholarship and current theory over a range of disciplines. This work will help shape and unify the field of play studies. I have not read its equal; in fact, there is nothing elsewhere quite like it.\"--Scott G. Eberle, vice president for play studies at The Strong National Museum of Play\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlay and the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Henricks brings together ways of considering play to probe its essential relationship to work, ritual, and communitas. Focusing on five contexts for play--the psyche, the body, the environment, society, and culture--Henricks identifies conditions that instigate play, and comments on its implications for those settings. Offering a general theory of play as behavior promoting self-realization, Henricks articulates a conception of self that includes individual and social identity, particular and transcendent connection, and multiple fields of involvement. Henricks also evaluates play styles from history and contemporary life to analyze the relationship between play and human freedom. \u003cp\u003eImaginative and stimulating, \u003ci\u003ePlay and the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e shows how play allows us to learn about our qualities and those of the world around us--and in so doing make sense of ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. Variations on a Theme\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. Play Compared to Other Behaviors\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. Play as Sense-Making\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. The Psychology of Play\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e5. Play's Nature\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e6. Play and the Physical Environment\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e7. The Social Life of Play\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e8. Cultural Play\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e9. The Play of Possibility\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520662794520,"sku":"9780252039072","price":87.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/play-and-the-human-condition-hardback-9780252039072","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}