homo ludens

It has become clear that we humans are not smart enough to deserve the title Homo Sapiens... It has been seen that many animals can make tools, so it is meaningless to call humans Homo Faber... So, who are we? Can't we include Homo Ludens, that is, the human being who plays games, among these descriptions, as a third characteristic unique to humans?
In this fundamental work called Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga shows that the beginning of everything human on earth is play. First there was the game!

Game is a voluntary, free action that is known to be fictional and takes place outside of daily life, yet completely absorbs the player. This action, which takes place within a time and place with specifically defined boundaries and is away from any material interest or benefit, is carried out in a certain order, according to given rules. The actor, and sometimes the audience, is enraptured and enthused... The game, defined in this way, has continued its existence as a fundamental element of culture in all areas of life throughout history.
Huizinga shows, based on rich historical information and documents about the Eastern and Western worlds, that play played an extremely active role in the emergence of all important forms of collective life - worship, poetry, music, dance, wisdom, science, law, struggle and war. However, we learn from Huizinga that, with the modern ages, when the game ceased to be an element that enriches life and became confined to its current narrow meaning, we began to live colorless and monotonous lives that were more difficult to bear: We shamefully believe that economic power and interests will determine the course of the world; We work and produce as if we worship; The dry and dry sense of benefit and the ideal of bourgeois comfort affect our mentality. There is no longer a place for games in our societies; He was excluded from the integrity of life and thrown into a corner as material for industry...
For those who want to be a gamer again...

“I would like to point out that there are books that are turning points in many people's lives, and that two books have an important place in my own life. The first of these is Homo Ludens by the Dutch historian J. Huizinga, from whom this book was inspired. (…) After reading this book in the 1950s, I decided what I would do for the rest of my life.”

-Metin Oath, Game and Magic-

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

First Print Year: 2010

Size: 13 x 19.5

Number of Printings: 6th Edition

Number of Pages: 288

Language Turkish

Media Type: Paperback