Around the Sacred and of Games in Roger Caillois

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-106X/2025e68374

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This paper aims to provide a general resemblance of Caillois’ work by reviewing his studies on the sacred and of games. First, it describes his early career point of view on the imaginary and the internal clashes of civilizations. Then, this study discusses his contributions on the role of the sacred and the feast in archaic societies, according to his 1939 work, L’homme et le sacré. Finally, we examine the premises of his famous taxonomy of games (Les Jeux et les Hommes, 1958).

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Gonzalo Montenegro Vargas , Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-americana Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brasil.

Gonzalo Montenegro Vargas. Professor Adjunto da UNILA. Pós-doutorado pela FAPESP na Universidade Estadual Paulista (FCL de Assis, SP) e Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade do Chile. Nesta última, lecionou entre 2003 e 2013 nas áreas de Filosofia e de Educação. Dedicou boa parte de sua carreira a elucidar a relação de Gilles Deleuze com a tradição filosófica. Atualmente, pesquisa a relação entre instinto e instituição em autores como Deleuze e Roger Caillois.

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Published

2025-06-24

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2025)

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