Bøger af Roger Caillois

Ny Jord – Tidsskrift for naturkritik er et multidisciplinært tidsskrift, der orienterer sig på tværs af århundreder og landegrænser og bringer videnskab, litteratur og kunst side om side i ønsket om at bidrage til en kvalificeret samtale om naturen i en tid, hvor vores forestillinger og idéer om den ændres markant.

Reconstructs Pontius Pilate's state of mind in deciding to convict Jesus. Taking his place alongside the authors of other such ""sacred fantasies"" as Nikos Kazantzakis and Dan Brown, the author conjures plausible dramas of the ""what ifs"" that might have played out inside Pilate's mind during the final 24 hours before he decided Jesus's fate.

Though his subjects were diverse, French social theorist Roger Caillois focused on issues crucial to modern intellectual life, and his essays offer a perspective on many of twentieth-century France's most significant intellectual movements and figures. This book offers an introduction to the writing of Caillois (1913-1978).

According to Roger Caillois, play is "an occasion of pure waste. In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this study, the author defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life.