The tricks humans play - Eric Bern

While we think we are communicating with others, in reality we all play some tricks. Sixty years ago, the book "Games People Play" revolutionized our understanding of what really happens during basic social interactions. After printing more than five million copies, Dr. Eric Berne's classic remains as astonishing and revealing as it was on the day it was first published. We practice games all the time: marital games, power games with our bosses, competitive games with friends like contests and case studies such as ("Martini" and "I know a better way"), and games played by angry spouses like "If it weren’t for you" and "Disturbance," as well as favorite flirtation games like "Sock Game" and "Let’s Fight Game." Dr. Berne reveals the secret conspiracies and subconscious maneuvers that govern our personal lives. It is now widely known that the book "Games People Play" — a groundbreaking book for the first time — is one of the most authentic and influential popular psychology books of our era. "An important book... contains a wonderful, entertaining, and clear list of the psychological plays that humans repeatedly perform." — Kurt Vonnegut, Life Magazine. "The book offers a critical analysis of the content and assumptions of many theories or interpretations of human games behavior." — Michael G. Ellis. "Although this book was written by a psychiatry professor as an academic psychotherapy book over 40 years ago, it remains widely read by professionals and the general public alike." — Michael Archer. Number of pages: 192 Year of publication: 2022 Publisher: Juice Books