The Age of Chance
Gambling in Western Culture
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought; 21;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 26 August 1999
- ISBN 9780415179973
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages228 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 580 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This fascinating and extensive study examines the enduring appeal of gambling, exploring its complex relation to our underlying conceptions of the world, and to the social and cultural backgrounds of those who fall under its spell.
Long description:
This fascinating and extensive study, enlivened by interviews with British and American gamblers, will be enthralling reading not just for those interested in the cultural and social implications of gambling - researchers in sociology, cultural studies and the history of ideas - but for anyone interested in how we create meaning in an increasingly insecure world.
'The Age of Chance is a wonderful book, scholarly and at the same time compulsive reading' - Heather Worth, University of Auckland
Table of Contents:
IntroductionChapter One: The Idea of ChanceThe 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 ChanceGambling 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 SitesModern Gambling The Map: A Typology of GamblingThe sites: PlaygroundsChapter Four: The Experience of PlayThe Experience of PlayThe Categories of Play The Varieties of Gambling Experience Chapter Five: The Magical-Religious WorldviewThe Rejection of Probability The Magical Worldview: Participation The Religious Worldview: Transcendence Epilogue
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