MAN, PLAY AND GAMES

According to Roger Caillois, play is an occasion of pure waste: waste of time, energy, ingenuity, skill, and often of money. In spit e of this--or because of it--play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this classic study, Caillois defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life. P lay is uncertain, since the outcome may not be foreseen, and it is governed by rules that provide a level playing field for all part icipants...[Read more]