PART II. _the Playful Exercise of Impulses of the Second

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