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  • Play Reconsidered

    Sociological Perspectives on Human Expression

    by Thomas S. Henricks ...
    Understanding the significance of adult play in the life of modern societiesWithin the social sciences, few matters are as significant as the study of human play--or as neglected. In Play Reconsidered, rather than viewing play simply as a preoccupation of the young and a vehicle for skill development, Thomas S. Henricks argues that it’s a social and cultural phenomenon of adult life, enveloped by ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Anatomies of Modern Discontent

    Visions from the Human Sciences

    by Thomas S. Henricks ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
    This book provides an overview and analysis of the thought of figures across the human and social sciences on the character, causes, and consequences of discontent in modern societies. Exploring the important social and cultural conditions associated with modernity, it focuses on the contributions of 38 prominent scholars from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries – philosophers, historians, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Selves, Societies, and Emotions

    Understanding the Pathways of Experience

    by Thomas S. Henricks ...
    Building on contributions from sociology, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, literature, and neuroscience, Henricks develops a more general account of how people discover and reproduce the "meanings" of their involvements with others. Among its many themes are treatments of selves as "projections of personhood," of the ways in which self-expression has changed historically and is now ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies

    Critical Approaches to Researching Video Game Play

    by Rebecca Carlson, Samuel Coavoux, Jonathan Corlis, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Thomas S. Henricks, William H. Kelly, Paul R. Ketchum, Ken McAllister, Alanna R. Miller, Derek Noon, B Mitch Peck, Judd Ruggill, J. Talmadge Wright, Lauren Langman ...
    Few books have attempted to contextualize the importance of video game play with a critical social, cultural and political perspective that raises the question of the significance of work, pleasure, fantasy and play in the modern world. The study of why video game play is "fun" has often been relegated to psychology, or the disciplines of cultural anthropology, literary and media studies, ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

  • Play and Performance

    Play and Culture Studies

    by Carrie Lobman, Barbara E. O'Neill, Jim Johnson, Milda Bredikyte, Pentti Hakkarainen, Ruth Harman, Kristen French, Nicole Schectman, Jennifer Knudsen0, Sally Bailey1, Paul Murray2, Christine LaCerva3, Christine Helm4, Thomas Henricks5, Stacy DeZutter6, Debora B. Wisneski7, Ana Marjanovic-Shane8 ...
    Series series Play and Culture Studies
    Play and Performance offers hope to those lamenting the loss of play in the twenty-first century and aims to broaden the understanding of what play is. This volume showcases the work of programs from early childhood through adulthood, in a variety of educational and therapeutic settings, and from a range of theoretical and practical perspectives. The chapters cover an array of practices that can ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Systems for Instructional Improvement

    Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District Office

    by Paul Cobb, Kara Jackson, Erin Henrick, Thomas M. Smith, Michael Sorum ...
    In Systems for Instructional Improvement, Paul Cobb and his colleagues draw on their extensive research to propose a series of specific, empirically grounded recommendations that together constitute a theory of action for advancing instruction at scale. The authors outline the elements of a coherent instructional system; describe productive practices for school leaders in supporting teachers’ ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • The Handbook of the Study of Play

    2 Volumes

    Edited by James E. Johnson, Scott G. Eberle, Thomas S. Henricks, David Kuschner ...
    The Handbook of the Study of Play brings together in two volumes thinkers whose diverse interests at the leading edge of scholarship and practice define the current field. Because play is an activity that humans have shared across time, place, and culture and in their personal developmental timelines—and because this behavior stretches deep into the evolutionary past—no single discipline can lay ... Read more

    $182.69 USD