Games played by humans

While we think we're communicating with others, we're actually all playing games. Sixty years ago, *Games People Play* revolutionized our understanding of what really happens during basic social interactions. With more than five million copies in print, Dr. Eric Berne's classic is still as startling—and revelatory—as it was the day it was first published. We play games all the time: marital games, power games with our bosses, competitive games with our friends like status quizzes (“Martini” and “I Know a Better Way”), games involving angry couples like “If It Weren’t for You” and “Turbulence,” and favorite flirting games like “The Sock Game” and “Let’s Fight You and Him.” Dr. Berne reveals the secret conspiracies and unconscious maneuvers that govern our personal lives. It is now widely acknowledged that *Games People Play*—an explosive debut—is psychology’s most popular book. An original and influential book of our time. "An important book... containing a brilliant, entertaining, and lucid catalog of the psychological plays humans play over and over again." - Kurt Vonnegut, Life Magazine "The book offers a critical analysis of the content and assumptions of many of the theories or explanations of human play behavior." - Michael G. Ellis "Although this book was written by a professor of psychiatry as an academic textbook on psychotherapy more than 40 years ago, it remains widely read by professionals and lay people alike." - Michael Archer About the author: Eric Berne, author of Games People Play and 0 other books - Eric Berne is a psychiatrist and writer.