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Man, Play and Games (Reprint Edition) by Roger Caillois, Meyer Barash (Translator) Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-252-07033-X / 025207033X ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07033-4 / 9780252070334 According to Roger Caillois, play is "an occasion of pure waste: waste of time, energy, ingenuity, skill, and often of money." In spite 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 |