 Cover of the French edition, Gallimard | |
| Author | Johan Huizinga |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Subject | culture, society |
| Publisher | Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1949; Beacon Press, Boston, 1950, Random House |
Publication date | 1938[1] |
| Publication place | Netherlands |
Published in English | 1949 |
Homo Ludens is a book originally published in Dutch in 1938[2] by Dutch historian and cultural theorist Johan Huizinga.[3] It discusses the importance of the play element of culture and society.[4] Huizinga suggests that play is primary to and a necessary (though not sufficient) condition of the generation of culture. The Latin word ludens is the present active participle of the verb ludere, which itself is cognate with the noun ludus. Ludus has no direct equivalent in English, as it simultaneously refers to sport, play, school, and practice.[5]
- ^ Norman Polmar; Thomas B. Allen (15 August 2012). World War II: the Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941–1945. Courier Corporation. pp. 927–. ISBN 978-0-486-47962-0.
- ^ Artur Skweres (25 October 2016). Homo Ludens as a Comic Character in Selected American Films. Springer. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-3-319-47967-5.
- ^ Huizinga, Johan (1944). "Homo Ludens" (PDF). art.yale.edu. Switzerland: Routledge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Stephen Grabow; Kent Spreckelmeyer (3 October 2014). The Architecture of Use: Aesthetics and Function in Architectural Design. Routledge. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-135-01646-3.
- ^ "JM Latin English Dictionary | Free Latin Dictionary". www.latin-dictionary.org. Retrieved 19 September 2016.