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oapen-20.500.12657-302212023-02-01T08:49:16Z Why We Play Hamayon, Roberte Anthropology Play Fiction Reality Siberia Deception Luck Games Buryats Mongols Shamanism Whether it’s childhood make-believe, the theater, sports, or even market speculation, play is one of humanity’s seemingly purest activities: a form of entertainment and leisure and a chance to explore the world and its possibilities in an imagined environment or construct. But as Roberte Hamayon shows in this book, play has implications that go even further than that. Exploring play’s many dimensions, she offers an insightful look at why play has become so ubiquitous across human cultures. Hamayon explores facets of play such as learning, interaction, emotion, strategy, luck, and belief, and she emphasizes the crucial ambiguity between fiction and reality that is at the heart of play as a phenomenon. Revealing how consistent and coherent play is, she ultimately shows it as a unique modality of action that serves an invaluable role in the human experience. 2018-04-19 23:55 2020-03-26 03:00:33 2020-04-01T12:48:48Z 2020-04-01T12:48:48Z 2016-07-31 book 648357 OCN: 958716228 9780986132568 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30221 eng application/pdf n/a 648357.pdf HAU Books 101665 b74962f8-84f3-4d30-ae61-396a70a5d3b0 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780986132568 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Chicago, IL USA 101665 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Whether it’s childhood make-believe, the theater, sports, or even market speculation, play is one of humanity’s seemingly purest activities: a form of entertainment and leisure and a chance to explore the world and its possibilities in an imagined environment or construct. But as Roberte Hamayon shows in this book, play has implications that go even further than that. Exploring play’s many dimensions, she offers an insightful look at why play has become so ubiquitous across human cultures. Hamayon explores facets of play such as learning, interaction, emotion, strategy, luck, and belief, and she emphasizes the crucial ambiguity between fiction and reality that is at the heart of play as a phenomenon. Revealing how consistent and coherent play is, she ultimately shows it as a unique modality of action that serves an invaluable role in the human experience.
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