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Cover -- PLAY WORLD -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Play of Musement, and the Musement of Play -- PLAY AND EXISTENCE: OR WHEN IS IT RECESS? -- THE PLAY's THE THING -- PLAY AND SOCIETY: OR IS IT OK TO PLAY NOW? -- THE VAST PLAYGROUND OF MYTH, AND THE EQUALLY VAST MYTH OF THE PLAYGROUND -- AIN'T WE GOT FUN? -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 1 The Dynamics of Play -- FROM MAX WEBER -- EMINENT VICTORIANS -- THE IRONY OF PLUTOCRACY -- FABLES OF BEES, ABUNDANCE, AND FUN -- THE CULTURE OF CORNUCOPIA -- PLAYING POLITICS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 The Pragmatics of Play -- TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC -- LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU -- LITE CULTURE -- LET'S CELEBRATE! -- THE SCHOOL PLAY -- THE STATE OF PLAY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 The Futuristics of Play: The Prospect for the Ludenic Condition -- PONDERING THE DYNAMIC OF PLAY -- Response to Chaotic Change -- Play Is a Historical Interlude -- Play Is a Passing Fancy -- Play Augurs the Emergence of a New Civilization -- AGAINST PLAY: THE DANGERS OF TOO MUCH FUN -- Economic Scarcity -- Cultural Mobilization -- Political Reaction -- PLAYING THE PALACE OF THE FUTURE -- Increased Economic Growth -- Political Cosmopolis -- Cultural Festivity -- THE FESTIVE CIVILIZATION -- NOTES -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.