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Zusatztext Advance praise: 'Play will be to the twenty-first century what work was to the industrial age - our dominant way of knowing! doing and creating value. Therefore we need play theory and research! of a multidisciplinary nature! that can deepen and widen our understanding of this most dynamic of human evolved capacities ? Bateson and Martin have provided a wonderful resource for play/game advocates in all fields of life. Rooted in extremely solid biological and ethological research! they make subtle and powerful linkages between the mammalian basis of play! and the necessary profusion of social and cultural forms it generates! in ways that will help shape reform in areas diverse as childcare! innovative enterprise and drugs policy. Play! Playfulness! Creativity and Innovation sets a new standard for studies of the power and potential of play.' Pat Kane! author of The Play Ethic Informationen zum Autor Patrick Bateson FRS is Emeritus Professor of Ethology at the University of Cambridge. He is President of the Zoological Society of London and former Vice-President of the Royal Society. Much of his scientific career has been concerned with the development of behaviour. He is also co-author of Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Paul Martin studied behavioural biology at the University of Cambridge, before becoming a Harkness Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He has lectured and researched in behavioural biology at the University of Cambridge and is a former Fellow of Wolfson College. Klappentext Looks at the role that playful behaviour takes in animal and human development. Advance praise: 'Play will be to the twenty-first century what work was to the industrial age - our dominant way of knowing, doing and creating value. Therefore we need play theory and research, of a multidisciplinary nature, that can deepen and widen our understanding of this most dynamic of human evolved capacities Bateson and Martin have provided a wonderful resource for play/game advocates in all fields of life. Rooted in extremely solid biological and ethological research, they make subtle and powerful linkages between the mammalian basis of play, and the necessary profusion of social and cultural forms it generates, in ways that will help shape reform in areas diverse as childcare, innovative enterprise and drugs policy. Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation sets a new standard for studies of the power and potential of play.' Pat Kane, author of The Play Ethic Zusammenfassung What role does playful behaviour take in animal and human development? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play'! this book focuses on playful and non-aggressive behaviour in both animals and humans. The authors emphasise its significance for development! before examining the importance of playfulness to creativity and! in turn! to innovation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The biology of play; 3. The functions of play; 4. Evolution and play; 5. Creativity in humans; 6. Animals finding novel solutions; 7. People and organisations; 8. Childhood play and creativity; 9. Humour and playfulness; 10. Dreams, drugs and creativity; 11. Pulling the threads together; Endnotes; References; Index....
