This text explores the importance of play in the life of the individual and in society. Most people associate psychoanalysis with hidden and 'negative' instincts, like sexuality and aggressiveness, very seldom with 'positive urges' like the importance of love and empathy, and al…
Is play only a children's activity? How is the spontaneous play of adults expressed? What is the difference between "play" and "game"? What function does play have during war?Play:Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Survival and Human Development explores the importance of play in the …
Is play only a children' s activity? How is the spontaneous play of adults expressed? What is the difference between ' play' and ' game'? What function does play have during war?Play:Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Survival and Human Development explores the importance of play in t…
Appearing nearly forty years after the last significant text on the topic, this book brings the psychoanalytic theory on play truly up to date and elucidates its significance for clinical work with the help of illustrative clinical vignettes.
Play and Playfulness: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Aspects
by Volkan, Vamik, Bornstein, Melvin, Brenner, Ira, Akhtar, Salman, Herzog, James, Akhtar, Monisha, Bergman, Anni, Daniels, Lucy, Etezady, M. Hossein, A. Freeman, Daniel M., Kieffer, Christine, Lefcourt, Ilene Sackler, Mann, Mali, Scharff, Jill
Appearing nearly forty years after the last significant text on the topic, this book brings the psychoanalytic theory on play truly up to date and elucidates its significance for clinical work with the help of illustrative clinical vignettes.
