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Alea in Spies Like Us, Bowfinger, Taking Care of Business, and Brewster’s Millions

2016; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-47967-5_3

2193-7656

Artur Skweres,

Financial Literacy and Behavior

As the name of the category of alea suggests, it is a kind of play based on chance. (Caillois suggested the name alea on the basis of the Latin term for dice.) This points to the primary characteristic of the alea category in games and playful behavior, since it is the main point of contrast with agon—the reliance on the role of fate or luck. As a result, “destiny is the sole artisan of victory, and where there is rivalry, what is meant is that the winner has been more favored by fortune than the loser” (Caillois, 2001, p. 17).