Games People Play

Preface 4 Introduction 5 1 SOCIAL INTERCOURSE 5 2 THE STRUCTURING OF TIME 6 PART I Analysis of Games 9 CHAPTER ONE Structural Analysis 9 CHAPTER TWO Transactional Analysis 11 CHAPTER THREE Procedures and Rituals 15 CHAPTER FOUR Pastimes 17 CHAPTER FIVE Games 20 1 DEFINITION 20 2 A TYPICAL GAME 21 3 THE GENESIS OF GAMES 25 4 THE FUNCTION OF GAMES 26 5 THE CLASSIFICATION OF GAMES 27 PART II A Thesaurus of Games 29 Introduction 29 1 NOTATION 29 2 COLLOQUIALISMS 30 CHAPTER SIX Life Games 31 1 ALCOHOLIC 31 2 DEBTOR 34 3 KICK ME 35 4 NOW I'VE GOT YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH 36 5 SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO 37 CHAPTER SEVEN Marital Game 40 1 CORNER 40 2 COURTROOM 41 3 FRIGID WOMAN 42 4 HARRIED 44 5 IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU 45 6 LOOK HOW HARD I'VE TRIED 46 7 SWEETHEART 47 CHAPTER EIGHT Party Games 48 1 AIN'T IT AWFUL 48 2 BLEMISH 49 3 SCHLEMIEL 49 4 WHY DON'T YOU-YES BUT 50 CHAPTER NINE Sexual Games 55 1 LET'S YOU AND HIM FIGHT 55 2 PERVERSION 55 3 RAPO 56 4 THE STOCKING GAME 57 5 UPROAR 58 CHAPTER TEN Underworld Games 60 1 COPS AND ROBBERS 60 2 HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF HERE 62 3 LET'S PULL A FAST ONE ON JOEY 63 CHAPTER ELEVEN Consulting Room Games 64 1 GREENHOUSE 64 2 I'M ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU 64 3 INDIGENCE 66 4 PEASANT 68 5 PSYCHIATRY 69 6 STUPID 71 7 WOODEN LEG 72 CHAPTER TWELVE Good Games 74 1 BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY 74 2 CAVALIER 74 3 HAPPY TO HELP 75 4 HOMELY SAGE 76 5 THEY'LL BE GLAD THEY KNEW ME 76 PART III Beyond Games 77 CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Significance of Games 77 CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Players 77 CHAPTER FIFTEEN A Paradigm 78 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Autonomy 79 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Attainment of Autonomy 81 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN After Games, What? 82 APPENDIX 82 The Classification of Behavior 82