{"product_id":"games-paperback","title":"Games - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSina Najafi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWayne Koestenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the nineteenth century, Marx rejected the notion of homo sapiens, offering instead homo faber to indicate how consciousness follows from the primary activity of making. Against this, a certain ludic tradition has imagined a homo ludens, humans defined through their relationship with games and play. \u003ci\u003eCabinet\u003c\/i\u003e 45 features Joshua Glenn on H.G. Wells' \"Floor Games\"; D. Graham Burnett on games played by game theorists; Barbara Levine and Jessica Helfand on dexterity games; James Trainor on the lost world of \"adventure\" playgrounds; Dana Katz on Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's \"Oblique Strategies\"; an interview with Bertell Ollman, inventor of the board game \"Class Struggle\"; and Jeff Dolven on poems as games. Elsewhere in the issue: Helen Larsson on the history of applause; Wayne Koestenbaum's legendary \"Legend\" column; Naomi Muller on eating the zoo animals in Berlin during World War II; Jeremy Crichton on \"spite\" houses; and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9.82 x 7.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48336224649465,"sku":"9781932698442","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wapJHPq8By9781932698442.webp?v=1777518345","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/games-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}