CONTENTS
Elizabeth L. Baldwin translation
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Editor’s Prefaceiii
Author’s Prefacev
The System of Play—Introduction1
PART I
PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTATION
I. Playful Activity of the Sensory Apparatus7
1. Sensations of contact7
2. Sensations of temperature14
3. Sensations of taste14
4. Sensations of smell16
5. Sensations of hearing18
(a) Receptive sound-play19
(b) Productive sound-play31
6. Sensations of sight48
(a) Sensations of brightness50
(b) The perception of colour54
(c) Perception of form60
(d) Perception of movement67
II. Playful Use of the Motor Apparatus74
A. Playful movement of the bodily organs75
B. Playful movement of foreign bodies95
1. Hustling things about95
2. Destructive (analytic) movement-play97
3. Constructive (synthetic) movement-play99
4. Playful exercise of endurance101
5. Throwing plays103
(a) Simple throwing105
(b) Throwing with the help of a stroke or blow107
(c) Rolling, spinning, shoving, and skipping foreign bodies110
(d) Throwing at a mark114
6. Catching118
III. Playful Use of the Higher Mental Powers121
A. Experimentation with the mental powers122
1. Memory122
(a) Recognition122
(b) Reflective memory128
2. Imagination131
(a) Playful illusion131
(b) Playful transformation of the memory-content135
3. Attention144
4. Reason152
B. Experimentation with the feelings158
1. Physical pain159
2. Mental suffering160
3. Surprise163
4. Fear166
C. Experimentation with the will169
PART II
THE PLAYFUL EXERCISE OF IMPULSES OF THE SECOND OR SOCIONOMIC ORDER
I. Fighting Play173
1. Direct physical fighting play174
2. Direct mental contests186
3. Physical rivalry197
4. Mental rivalry201
5. The destructive impulse217
6. Teasing220
7. Enjoyment of the comic232
8. Hunting play237
9. Witnessing fights end fighting plays. The tragic244
II. Love Play252
1. Natural courtship play254
2. Love play in art268
3. Sex in the comic278
III. Imitative Play 280
1. Playful imitation of simple movements291
(a) Optical percepts291
(b) Playful imitation of acoustic percepts294
2. Dramatic imitation in play300
3. Plastic or constructive imitative play313
4. Inner imitation322
IV. Social Play334
PART III
THE THEORY Of PLAY
1. The physiological standpoint361
2. The biological standpoint369
3. The psychological standpoint379
4. The æsthetic standpoint389
5. The sociological standpoint395
6. The pedagogical standpoint398
Index407
THE PLAY OF MAN