Homo Ludens (1938) and the crisis in the humanities
Johan Huizinga’s Homo Ludens (1938) is, in certain circles, still highly esteemed as a paradigm of humanist scholarship. Huizinga argues that cultures arise and unfold in and as play but that they tend to lose their playfulness as they mature. As a gifted writer and erudite philologist, cross-cultur...
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Cogent Arts & Humanities |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2016.1245087 |