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Roger Caillois (1913–1978)

Author of Man, Play and Games

137+ Works 1,063 Members 15 Reviews 1 Favorited

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Roger Caillois (1913-78), a French philosopher and writer, was a cofounder of France's pathbreaking College de Sociologie pour I'Etude du Sacre and the founding editor of Diogenes, the journal of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies. His books included works of show more anthropology, sociology, psychoanalysis, art, and literary criticism show less

Works by Roger Caillois

Man, Play and Games (1958) 296 copies, 2 reviews
Man and the Sacred (1939) 120 copies, 1 review
Ponce Pilate (1961) 70 copies, 4 reviews
Le mythe et l'homme (1987) 50 copies, 1 review
The Writing of Stones (1975) 45 copies
Pierres et autres textes (1971) 33 copies
The Necessity of the Mind (1990) 19 copies
Babel (1948) 18 copies
Nel cuore del fantastico (1965) 15 copies
Instincts et société (1981) 13 copies
L'incertitude qui vient des rêves (1983) 13 copies, 1 review
Approches de l'imaginaire (1974) 13 copies, 1 review
Le fleuve Alphée (1978) 13 copies
Oeuvres (2008) 11 copies
Les démons de midi (1988) 11 copies
LA LECTURE DES PIERRES (2014) 9 copies
Cohérences aventureuses (1976) 8 copies
Jorge Luis Borges (2009) 6 copies
Correspondencia, 1939-1978 (1997) 6 copies, 1 review
Le rocher de Sisyphe (1946) 6 copies
Le champ des signes (1978) 5 copies
Noé et autres textes (2009) 5 copies
Żywioł i ład 4 copies
La vertigine della guerra (2002) — Author — 4 copies
La forza del romanzo (1980) 4 copies
La comunione dei forti (2007) 4 copies
Ars poetica 3 copies
Malversations (1993) 3 copies
Naissance de Lucifer (1992) 3 copies
Anthologie du fantastique (1966) 3 copies
Images du labyrinthe (2008) 3 copies
Imágenes, imágenes... (1970) 3 copies, 1 review
The Dream Adventure — Editor — 3 copies
Vocabolario estetico (1983) 3 copies
Pierres réfléchies (1975) 3 copies, 1 review
Siła powieści (2008) 2 copies
Descrizione del marxismo (2018) 2 copies
Apprentissage de Paris (2004) 2 copies
La Lumière des songes (2010) 2 copies
La chute des corps (1995) 2 copies
Approche de la poésie (1978) 2 copies
Le Mythe de la licorne (1991) 2 copies
Mitologia del pulpo (1969) 1 copy
Chroniques de Babel (1981) 1 copy
Ponce Pilate récit. (1961) 1 copy, 1 review
Masques 1 copy
Die Schrift der Steine (2004) 1 copy
ART POETIQUE (BLANCHE) (1958) 1 copy
Stones & Other Texts (2018) 1 copy
Pierres anagogiques (2025) 1 copy
La dissymétrie. (1973) 1 copy
L'aile froide (1989) 1 copy
André Goezu 1 copy
Rencontres (Ecriture) (1978) 1 copy
Jeux et sports — Editor — 1 copy
Moći sna 1 copy
J.L. Borges 1 copy
Le mimétisme animal (1963) 1 copy
Intenciones 1 copy
LE MIMETISME ANIMAL (1963) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (1813) — Editor, some editions — 1,759 copies, 34 reviews
The College of Sociology, 1937-39 (1982) — Contributor — 68 copies, 1 review
The Dedalus Book of Surrealism, I: The Identity of Things (1993) — Contributor — 67 copies
Montesquieu. Oeuvres complètes. Tome 2/2 (La Pléiade) (1951) — Editor, some editions — 49 copies
The Dedalus Book of Surrealism, II: The Myth of the World (1994) — Contributor — 44 copies
Montesquieu : Oeuvres complètes, tome I (1949) — Editor, some editions — 37 copies, 1 review
Théâtre complet. Tome II (1934) — Edition complétée par, some editions — 9 copies
Théatre complet - préface, notes, bibliographie, chronologie par pierre lièvre (1934) — Edition complétée par, some editions — 9 copies
La Alemania romántica [2-volume set] (1971) — Contributor — 3 copies

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16 reviews
Were Pilate, and his wife Procula, saints, as the Coptic Church believes? Pilate could easily, as described in this novel, have pardoned Jesus, allowing him to die in obscure old age as a revered prophet, but not as the redeemer. As Judas urges Pilate, do not shirk from your destiny; the judicial murder of Jesus was essential for the launch of redemption. Pilate is seen here as a Stoic, concerned about justice but timid in the face of pressure from the High Priests and his supervisor. A show more brief novel of ideas, and alludes to other readings I have done lately on the subject. show less
This is a great complement to Huizinga's work, and I found Caillois to be a more engaging writer. He brings some really eclectic material to the table, including animal psychology and detailed accounts of underworld rackets. The value from a games studies perspective falls off after the beginning, but the whole book is quite readable. Kudos to Caillois for including detailed extracts in his endnotes, and to Meyer Barash for bothering to translate them all.
LA fundadora de Sur comenzó a frecuentar al escritor francés en París, en 1939. Ella era mucho mayor que él, pero continuaba conquistando con su belleza, su inteligencia y su espíritu a quienes la trataban. Él era uno de los intelectuales más talentosos de la preguerra. Se enamoraron y mantuvieron un intercambio epistolar que se prolongó hasta la muerte de Caillois en 1978. Sudamericana da a conocer ahora una selección de las cartas que se escribieron, compiladas por Odile Felgine show more con la colaboración de Laura Ayerza de Castilho, que muestran cómo aquella pasión se convirtió en una amistad entrañable y en un puente cultural entre dos países. A continuación, se publican algunas de las páginas que dan testimonio de los momentos más ardientes de aquella relación amorosa. También retratan la nobleza de Victoria, que brindó su ayuda a Caillois y a la mujer con la que éste había tenido una hija en Francia. show less
Tempête sous un crane. Ponce Pilate va-t-il libérer Jésus ? Subtil.

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