ホモ・ルーデンス

noun

Homo ludens; man the player

A philosophical and cultural concept from Johan Huizinga's work, referring to humans as playful beings whose culture arises through play. Often contrasted with Homo faber (man the maker).

from Latin

See also: ホモファーベル

• ホイジンガの『ホモ・ルーデンス』は遊あそびの文ぶん化か論ろんとして知しられている。

  Huizinga's 'Homo Ludens' is known as a cultural theory of play.