Johan Huizinga

2014 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In "Homo Ludens," the classic evaluation of play that has become a "must-read" for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of "Homo Ludens," or "Man the player" through Medieval Times, the Renaissance, and into our modern civilization. Huizinga defines play against a rich theoretical background, using cross-cultural examples from the humanities, business, and politics. "Homo Ludens" defines play for generations to come.

This classic study of art, life, and thought in France and the Netherlands during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ranks as one of the most perceptive analyses of the medieval period. A brilliantly creative work that established the reputation of Dutch historian John Huizinga (1872-1945), the book argues that the era of diminishing chivalry reflected the spirit of an age and that its figures and events were neither a prelude to the Renaissance nor harbingers of a coming culture, but a consummation of the old.Among other topics, the author examines the violent tenor of medieval life, the idea of chivalry, the conventions of love, religious life, the vision of death, the symbolism that pervaded medieval life, and aesthetic sentiment. We view the late Middle Ages through the psychology and thought of artists, theologians, poets, court chroniclers, princes, and statesmen of the period, witnessing the splendor and simplicity of medieval life, its courtesy and cruelty, its idyllic vision of life, despair and mysticism, religious, artistic, and practical life, and much more.Long regarded as a landmark of historical scholarship, The Waning of the Middle Ages is also a remarkable work of literature. Of its author, the New York Times said, "Professor Huizinga has dressed his imposing and variegated assemblage of facts in the colorful garments characteristic of novels, and he parades them from his first page to the last in a vivid style."An international success following its original publication in 1919 and subsequently translated into several languages, The Waning of the Middle Ages will not only serve as an invaluable reference for students and scholars of medieval history but will also appeal to general readers and anyone fascinated by life during the Middle Ages.

In this very readable biography, a noted scholar traces Erasmus's youth, his years as an itinerant scholar, sojourns in England, France, Switzerland, and Italy, friendship with Sir Thomas More, and disputes with Martin Luther. The author also probes Erasmus's mind and character and discusses his writings.

In the Shadow of Tomorrow, first published in 1936, is a commanding analysis of the Western world in the midst of modernity. Johan Huizinga, best known for his landmark studies The Waning of the Middle Ages and Homo Ludens, confronts the anxieties and afflictions of his time—the destruction and disease of war, the decay of art and culture, the emergent spiritual apathy of a world grown weary of itself. Prophetic and powerful, In the Shadow of Tomorrow is a highly valuable, historically significant treatment of the cultural deterioration in the decades prior to World War II. For, in examining the “modern distemper,” Huizinga provides a cogent diagnosis and remedy that still warrant attention today.

Grote historici zijn in staat om de clichés te doorprikken. Iedere Nederlander kent de 17de eeuw als de Gouden Eeuw, maar Huizinga zet in deze beknopte grote vraagtekens bij die term. Hij probeert een genuanceerd beeld van de 17de eeuw te schetsen en vindt een tijd van evenwicht, matigheid en harmonie. Nederland was politiek achter op de rest van Europa, maar de Middeleeuwse machtsverhoudingen werden door de economische groei wel subtiel gewijzigd. Huizinga is ook geboeid door de sterke neergang van de Nederlandse cultuur in de 18de eeuw en vraagt zich af hoe de situatie zo snel zo radicaal kon veranderen. Met zijn typische oog voor schoonheid legt hij dwarsverbanden tussen maatschappij en kunst, politiek en Vermeer. -

Cultural/philosophical thoughts on the future of Europe after WW2.

This collection by the distinguished Dutch historian Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) reflects the theme of its key essay, The Task of Cultural History," throughout its pages. Huizinga's conception of cultural history informs both his essays on historiographic questions and those on such figures as John of Salisbury, Abelard, Joan of Arc, Erasmus, and Grotius.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

La pregunta que nos ocupa aquí no es tanto ¿cuánto margen deja la cultura al juego? sino ¿cuánto tiene de juego la cultura?

The Course of Civilizations is a masterful collection of essays by cultural historian Johan Huizinga on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the concepts of history and culture. In his exceptionally creative approach to history—called “cultural history”—Huizinga gave primacy of place to social relations, from which a culture derives its formative ideas and thus its unique character. The essays in this volume cover a fascinating range of topics, including the task of the historian; the role of ideals in cultural evolution; nationalism and patriotism; realism and the Renaissance; and a series of biographical portraits. Delivered in Huizinga’s classic, approachable voice, they present a compelling, critical treatise on how historical periods realize their shape and meaning within the broader context of the course of civilizations.

Versión española de Wenceslao Roces.

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Biografie van de kunstenaar, kunstcriticus en hoogleraar Jan Veth (1864-1925) door J. Huizinga.

Le mot Renaissance évoque une beauté de ton pourpre et d'or.... un monde plein d'allégresse, baigné dans une douce clarté, rempli de joyeuses clameurs. Des gens s'y meuvent gracieux et dignes, insouciants des misères du temps, des appels de l'Eternité. Plénitude.

Contains two cultural-political essays: "De Mensch en de Beschaving" (1937) and "Voorwaarden voor een Herstel der Beschaving" (1940), originally published in German and English, respectively.

Johan Nederlands geestesmerk Over het karakter van het Nederlandse volk Het essay Nederlands geestesmerk, over het karakter van het Nederlandse volk, schreef Johan Huizinga in de jaren dertig van de vorige eeuw, een tijd van grote politieke onzekerheid. Over de term geestesmerk zegt hij in zijn ÔHet woord drukt de overtuiging uit dat het op de geest aankomt, en dat deze, ondanks alle verscheidenheid en verdeeldheid, ŽŽn stempel draagt.Õ Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) wordt inmiddels gezien als Nederlands grootste historicus. Hij brak internationaal door met de studie die nog steeds wordt gezien als zijn beroemdste werk, Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen. En hij is naamgever van de prestigieuze Huizinga-lezing, die mede door Elsevier Weekblad jaarlijks in Leiden wordt georganiseerd. Nederlands geestesmerk is omgezet in hedendaagse spelling en voorzien van een inleiding door dr. Gerry van der List, redacteur van Elsevier Weekblad. Deze uitgave telt 99 paginaÕs, inclusief een register.

Huizinga's 'autobiografie' over hoe hij in de geschiedwetenschap terecht is gekomen.

Jokhan Khjojzinga (1872-1945) - niderlandskij istorik i kulturolog s mirovym imenem. K naibolee izvestnym ego trudam, postojanno pereizdajuschimsja v raznykh stranakh - i, osobo otmetim, bolee vsego na ego rodine i v Rossii! - otnosjatsja Osen Srednevekovja i traktat Homo ludens (Chelovek igrajuschij).Niderlandy v XVII veke - edinstvennaja strana Evropy, kotoraja v etot period dostigaet vershiny odnovremenno vo vsekh oblastjakh. Gollandskij flot stranstvuet po vsemu miru, razvivajutsja tochnye nauki, korablestroenie, selskoe khozjajstvo, Amsterdam stanovitsja tsentrom mirovoj torgovli, voznikajut vsjo novye arkhitekturnye shedevry, strojatsja kanaly, damby. V gorodakh pojavljajutsja svoi shkoly zhivopisi, otkuda vykhodjat takie genii, kak Rembrandt van Rejn, Jan Vermeer, Frans Khals, Jakob Rjojsdal; svoego pika dostigaet iskusstvo gravjury i knigopechatanija (Jan Ljojken, Piter Sanredam). Razvivajutsja teologija i filosofija (Benedikt Spinoza, Rene Dekart). Kak takaja nebolshaja i sravnitelno otdalennaja zabolochennaja oblast Evropy, kotoruju predstavljali soboj Niderlandy v XVII veke, do takoj stepeni vydvinulas kak gosudarstvo, torgovaja derzhava i sredotochie kultury? Jokhan Khjojzinga v esse Kultura Niderlandov v XVII veke (1941) daet razvernutyj analiz prichin i osobennostej rastsveta Respubliki. Pojavlenie etogo sochinenija vo vremja vojny, po mysli avtora, dolzhno bylo stat dukhovnoj podderzhkoj dlja okkupirovannoj natsii, napomnit ej o mirovoj slave ee kultury.Izdanie soderzhit bolee 150 reproduktsij zhivopisnykh i graficheskikh rabot niderlandskikh masterov XVII stoletija. V knigu vkljuchen jarkij satiricheskij tsikl risunkov Jokhana Khjojzingi, illjustrirujuschij nekotorye izbrannye stranitsy istorii Silvestrov Dmitrij Vladimirovich

„Kultuuriajaloo ülesanne“ on kogumik, mis koondab Johan Huizinga (1872–1945) olulisimad artiklid ja ettekanded. Huizinga on Hollandi ajaloolane ja kultuurikriitik, kelle tööd ja sõnavõtud on kujundanud olulisel määral nii kultuuriajaloo uurimisvõimalusi kui ka tollase Euroopa kriitilist mõtestamist. Tema loomingut iseloomustab huvide paljusus, selle keskmes on küll kultuuriajaloo küsimused, ent need piirnevad vahetult antropoloogia, filoloogia, psühholoogia ja filosoofia teemadega.Käesoleva valiku on koostanud ja sissejuhatusega varustanud Huizinga loomingu üks paremaid tundjaid tänapäeval, Amsterdami ülikooli professor Joep Leerssen. Tegu on esindusliku antoloogiaga, mis on suurepärane teejuht Johan Huizinga mõttemaailma.

Johan Huizinga (1872-1945), kuuluisa hollantilainen historioitsija ja historianfilosofi selvittelee kirjassaan veitsenterävästi ja elegantisti historiallisen tietämisen henkistä prosessia, ja historiatieteen arvoa elämän kannalta. Hän määrittelee historian käsitteen ja tarkastelee historian kehitystä nykyaikaiseksi tieteeksi. Kirja käsittää ensimmäisen osan hänen tunnetusta teoksestaan Im Bann der Geschichte - Historian lumoissa.Teos on hyväksytty yliopistojen historian approbatur-asteen kurssikirjaksi, mutta siinä pohditut kysymykset kiinnostavat laajempaakin lukijapiiriä. Alkusanat on kirjoittanut Jaakko Suolahti.

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Das Zeitalter der Reformation ist ohne den herausragenden Renaissance-Gelehrten Erasmus von Rotterdam (1466–1536) nicht zu verstehen. Neben seinen Satiren („Lob der Torheit") hat er mit seinen theologischen Schriften großen Einfluss ausgeübt. Er kann als einer der Begründer der modernen Bibelexegese gelten. Mit Luther lag er vor allem über den Stellenwert des freien Willens im Streit. Seine klassische Biografie liegt nun in moderner Übersetzung vor.

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Nizozemský kultúrny historik Johan Huizinga (1872—1945) sa preslávil najmä dvoma knihami, medievistickou prácou Jeseň stredoveku (1919) a kultúrnofilozofickou štúdiou Homo ludens (1938). Okrem toho je však aj autorom mnohých ďalších kníh a esejí z oblasti ranomoderných európskych dejín (napr. Erasmus, Kultúra Nizozemska v 17. storočí), z dejín USA (Človek a dav v Amerike, Amerika ako žije a myslí), z indickej literatúry (Vidušaka) a takisto kritických diel o úpadku modernej západnej civilizácie v 20. storočí (V tieňoch zajtrajška, Zhanobený svet). Vo všetkých týchto dielach sa prejavil nielen ako brilantný mysliteľ, ale aj ako skvelý literát. Súčasný výber jeho esejí približuje túto veľkú osobnosť európskej vzdelanosti prvej polovice minulého storočia ako vnímavého kultúrneho historika, ktorý mal nielen presné predstavy o základoch európskej civilizácie a kultúrnom jestvovaní jednotlivca i spoločnosti, ale aj o poslaní modernej historickej vedy.

Lucca 16/12/1966

El presente libro recoge las cuatro conferencias que el historiador holandés Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) –autor del famoso libro El Otoño de la Edad Media– pronunció en la Universidad Internacional de Verano de Santander en 1934. Aparecidas en primera y única edición en este mismo año en la Revista de Occidente con el título de Sobre el estado actual de la ciencia histórica, Renacimiento las publica con el título de la ciencia histórica, tal como han aparecido en versión italiana, La Scienza Storica, con gran éxito editorial. Traducida igualmente a otras lenguas, esta obra, difícilmente accesible al lector español hasta ahora, constituye una mirada reflexiva, plenamente vigente, sobre la Historia –«la ciencia que más se acerca a la vida»– y la Historiografía. Partiendo de la base de que el pasado «resulta mucho más semejante al presente de lo que se había creído», el gran historiador afirma que «las cuestiones que plantea la Historia dependen de la preocupación intelectual, de la actitud cultural, con las cuales una época o un pueblo se acerca al pasado».