Chapter III: Part II

_THE PLAYFUL EXERCISE OF IMPULSES OF THE SECOND OR SOCIONOMIC ORDER_

I. FIGHTING PLAY 173

1. Direct physical fighting play 174

2. Direct mental contests 186

3. Physical rivalry 197

4. Mental rivalry 201

5. The destructive impulse 217

6. Teasing 220

7. Enjoyment of the comic 232

8. Hunting play 237

9. Witnessing fights end fighting plays. The tragic 244

II. LOVE PLAY 252

1. Natural courtship play 254

2. Love play in art 268

3. Sex in the comic 278

III. IMITATIVE PLAY 280

1. Playful imitation of simple movements 291

(_a_) Optical percepts 291

(_b_) Playful imitation of acoustic percepts 294

2. Dramatic imitation in play 300

3. Plastic or constructive imitative play 313

4. Inner imitation 322

IV. SOCIAL PLAY 334

PART III

_THE THEORY Of PLAY_

1. The physiological standpoint 361

2. The biological standpoint 369

3. The psychological standpoint 379

4. The æsthetic standpoint 389

5. The sociological standpoint 395

6. The pedagogical standpoint 398

INDEX 407

THE PLAY OF MAN

THE SYSTEM OF PLAY