On gambling: The provocation of Lady Fortune

dc.contributor.author	Wenning, Mario
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-12T15:49:52Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-12T15:49:52Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.issn	0725-5136
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/5173
dc.description.abstract	The gambler’s probing of luck in games of chance cannot be reduced to rational calculation. The art of gambling flourishes at the margins of societies and undermines the correlation of effort and entitlement. This paper interprets the peculiar thrill of gambling in modern times by drawing on social systems theory and critical theory. It argues that gambling is a specific mode of agency that consists in a playful engagement with risk and contingency. The gambler reveals a highly aroused and yet passive consciousness. Success in gambling depends on the art of proper timing as well as a preconscious awareness of fortune.	es
dc.description.abstract	Es la versión preprint del artículo. Se puede consultar la versión final en https://doi.org/10.1177/0725513617741166	es
dc.language.iso	eng	es
dc.title	On gambling: The provocation of Lady Fortune	es
dc.type	article	es
dc.identifier.doi	10.1177/0725513617741166
dc.issue.number	1	es
dc.journal.title	Thesis Eleven	es
dc.page.initial	1	es
dc.page.final	15	es
dc.rights.accessRights	openAccess	es
dc.subject.keyword	Benjamin	es
dc.subject.keyword	Fortuna	es
dc.subject.keyword	Gambling	es
dc.subject.keyword	Luhmann	es
dc.subject.keyword	Risk	es
dc.volume.number	143	es