E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten
Gambling in Western Culture
E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
ISBN: 978-1-134-68029-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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Introduction
Chapter One: The Idea of Chance
The age of faith: The origins of chance
Chance and determinism
The age of reason: The birth of probability
The age of chance: Chance and modernity
Chapter Two: The Pursuit of Chance
Gambling and Divination
The Seventeenth Century Explosion
The Nineteenth Century: Playing with numbers
Postscript: the vortex of vice
Chapter Three: Playgrounds - A Map of the Modern Gambling Sites
Modern Gambling
The Map: A Typology of Gambling
The sites: Playgrounds
Chapter Four: The Experience of Play
The Experience of Play
The Categories of Play
The Varieties of Gambling Experience
Chapter Five: The Magical-Religious Worldview
The Rejection of Probability
The Magical Worldview: Participation
The Religious Worldview: Transcendence
Epilogue