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Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Johan Huizinga, 1938 (English: Beacon, 1955)
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The foundational text of game studies. Huizinga argues that play is older than culture and constitutive of it — not a leftover from civilisation but a precondition for civilisation.
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The Academy · May 27, 2026
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