implications of play as a philosophical problem. Influential in particular are the writings of Eugen Fink, which connect the anthropological and psychological concerns of the previous generations with the sobriety of the postwar industrialized world. In three related works, Fink examines the position of play as a primary phenomenon of human existence, in the structures of the world, and in the relationship of world and humanity.22 His overall corpus is guided by a fundamental critique of traditional
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