ABSTRACT

This is Volume III of nine in series on the Sociology of Culture. Originally published in 1949, this is a study of the play-element in culture and is translated from the German edition.

chapter |18 pages

The Play-Concept as Expressed in Language

chapter |30 pages

Play and Contest as Civilizing Functions

chapter |13 pages

Play and Law

chapter |16 pages

Play and War

chapter |14 pages

Playing and Knowing

chapter |17 pages

Play and Poetry

chapter |10 pages

The Elements of Mythopoiesis

chapter |12 pages

Play-Forms in Philosophy

chapter |15 pages

Play-Forms in Art

chapter |22 pages

Western Civilization Sub Specie Ludi