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Why We Play: An Anthropological Study

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. Hamay

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Published: 15 August 2016
Source: OpenAlex
Category: Research
Topics: Children & education · Environment
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (15 August 2016), “Why We Play: An Anthropological Study,” evidence record 8047, https://ethics.ai/record/8047 (originally published by OpenAlex).

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