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... environment , man had created a miniature environment , the symbolic field of play , in which every function of life might be re - fashioned in a strictly human style , as in a game . So startling was the thesis of ' Homo Ludens ' that ...
... environment , man had created a miniature environment , the symbolic field of play , in which every function of life might be re - fashioned in a strictly human style , as in a game . So startling was the thesis of ' Homo Ludens ' that ...
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Lewis Mumford. I tion than the external environment . Or rather , man's own nature was the most plastic and responsive part of that environment ; and his primary task was to fabricate a new self , mind - enriched , different in both ...
Lewis Mumford. I tion than the external environment . Or rather , man's own nature was the most plastic and responsive part of that environment ; and his primary task was to fabricate a new self , mind - enriched , different in both ...
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... environment , beginning with the most immediate part , his own body : smelling and tasting , seeking and sampling , comparing and selecting . These are the qualities that Kipling humorously made use of in his ' Just So ' tale of ' The ...
... environment , beginning with the most immediate part , his own body : smelling and tasting , seeking and sampling , comparing and selecting . These are the qualities that Kipling humorously made use of in his ' Just So ' tale of ' The ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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