About The Book
We all Play games. In the workplace, in the bedroom, even when we are not aware of it. Every personal encounter is a mental contest, an opportunity to assert our will.
Eric Berne's classic Games People Play is the most accessible and insightful Book ever written about the Psychology of relationships and the patterns of behaviour that reveal our hidden feelings and emotions. Wise and witty, it shows the underlying motivations behind our relationships and explores the roles that we try, and are forced, to play.
Games People Play gives you the keys to unlock the minds of others-and yourself. You'll become more honest, more effective and a true team player.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I : ANALYSIS OF Games :
1. Structural Analysis
2. Transactional Analysis
3. Procedures and Rituals
4. Pastimes
5. Games
Part II : A THESAURUS OF GAMES :
Introduction
6. Life Games :
i. Alcoholic
ii. Debtor
iii. Kick Me
iv. Now I've Got You, You Son of a Bitch
v. See What You Made me do
7. Marital Games :
i. Corner
ii. Courtroom
iii. Frigid Woman
iv. Harried
v. If It Weren't for You
vi. Look How Hard I've Tried
vii. Sweetheart
8. Party Games :
i. Ain't it Awful
ii. Blemish
iii. Schlemiel
iv. Why Don't You-Yes But
9. Sexual Games :
i. Let's You and Him Fight
ii. Perversion
iii. Rapo
iv. The Stocking Game
v. Uproar
10. Underworld Games :
i. Cops and Robbers
ii. How Do You Get Out of Here
iii. Let's Pull a Fast One on Joey
11. Consulting Room Games :
i. Greenhouse
ii. I'm Only Trying to Help You
iii. Indigence
iv. Peasant
v. Psychiatry
vi. Stupid
vii. Wooden Leg
12. Good Games :
i. Busman's Holiday
ii. Cavalier
iii. Happy to Help
iv. Homely Sage
v. They'll be Glad they Knew Me
Part III : BEYOND GAMES :
13. The Significance of Games
14. The Players
15. A Paradigm
16. Autonomy
17. The Attainment of Autonomy
18. After Games, what?