Autumn of the Middle Ages. Homo Ludens. Shadows of tomorrow. Huyzing J.

The collection includes the most significant works of the outstanding Dutch historian and culturalist Johan Hyozingi (1872–1945). “Autumn of the Middle Ages” is a poetic description of the sociocultural phenomenon of the late Middle Ages, a bright, rich encyclopedia of life, art, culture of Burgundy of the XIV - XV centuries. “Homo Ludens” is a fundamental study of the game nature of culture, which proclaims the universality of the phenomenon of the game. The “Tomorrow Days” (1935) deeply analyzes the causes and consequences of the spiritual impoverishment of European civilization in anticipation of the Second World War; This essay was called the key to creativity and to the personality of Johan Huysing. The report “Man and Culture”, prepared for the performance in Austria in May 1938 and not read due to the entry of German troops in March, proclaims the indissoluration of personality and culture and represents undoubted value as an expressive and concise exposition of Huyzin's views on the essence of the essence indicated by him Problems.