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192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1950
"Play transforms reality by assimilation to the needs of the self, whereas imitation is accomodation to external models.... The symbols characteristic of symbolic play are borrowed from imitation as instruments, but not used to accurately picture external reality. Rather, imitation serves as a means of evocation to achieve playful assimilation. Thus, symbolic play is not merely an assimilation of reality to the self, as is play in general, but an assimilation made possible (and reinforced) by a symbolic "language" that is developed by the self and is capable of being modified according to its needs."