Heinrich Popitz

POPITZ, Heinrich, 1994. Spielen. Göttingen: Wallstein-Verl. Göttinger Sudelblätter. ISBN 978-3-89244-082-6.

We play something, we play a game. A Game: that is obviously a different kind of Reality than the "normal" one, and playing a different activity than the normal one. What is different? This is the question Heinrich Popitz wants to clarify: What is this strange other reality that we create through play?

The only luxury and at the same time the only props of the following plot are some deck chairs. There were about a third as many as passengers.