Games People Play

The basic handbook of transactional analysis.

Eric Berne

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Ballantine US
27 August 1996

Psychology

With over five million copies in print, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY is a perennial classic.

This reissue celebrates the 40th Annivesary of this groundbreaking book, with a new introduction by the president of the International Transactional Analysis Association and an original review written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1965.

We think we're relating to other people-but actually we're all playing games.

Forty years ago, Games People Play revolutionized our understanding of what really goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Berne's classic is as astonishing-and revealing-as it was on the day it was first published. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Dr. James R. Allen, president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, and Kurt Vonnegut's brilliant Life magazine review from 1965. We play games all the time-sexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like ""Martini"" (I know a better way), to lethal couples combat like ""If It Weren't For You"" and ""Uproar,"" to flirtation favorites like ""The Stocking Game"" and ""Let's You and Him Fight,"" Dr. Berne exposes the secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule our intimate lives. Explosive when it first appeared, Games People Play is now widely recognized as the most original and influential popular psychology book of our time. It's as powerful and eye-opening as ever.

By: Eric Berne
Imprint: Ballantine US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780345410030
ISBN 10: 0345410033
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 27 August 1996
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Games People Play: The basic handbook of transactional analysis.

An important book . . . a brilliant, amusing, and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again. <br>- KURT VONNEGUT, Life magazine