We think we\u2019re relating to other people\u2013but actually we\u2019re all playing games.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s classic is as astonishing\u2013and revealing\u2013as 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\u2019s brilliant Life magazine review from 1965.
\nWe play games all the time\u2013sexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like \u201cMartini\u201d (I know a better way), to lethal couples combat like \u201cIf It Weren\u2019t For You\u201d and \u201cUproar,\u201d to flirtation favorites like \u201cThe Stocking Game\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s You and Him Fight,\u201d Dr. Berne exposes the secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule our intimate lives.
\nExplosive when it first appeared, Games People Play is now widely recognized as the most original and influential popular psychology book of our time. It\u2019s as powerful and eye-opening as ever.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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