The American Journal of Psychoanalysis

, Volume 40, Issue 1, pp 73–83 | Cite as

Ambivalence in play and ritual

  • Joseph Rubenstein
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Abstract

Life is not breath, but action; to live is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, every part of ourselves which gives us the feeling of our own existence.

Rousseau

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Joseph Rubenstein
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  1. 1.Stockton State CollegePomonaUSA

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