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Gurevich, P. S.
Existence of Play
// Psychology and Psychotechnics.
2014. № 9.
P. 905-908.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=65499
Gurevich, P. S. Existence of Play
Abstract:
Pavel Gurevich emphasizes the special role of play in the structure of the main sides of human existence
listed by Eugene Fink – labor, play, love and death. Indeed, each of these concepts reflects the basic aspect of human
existence. They can be also viewed as an independent phenomenon. However, Pavel Gurevich believes play to have a
singular feature. Play constitutes other sides of human existence. For example, it is impossible to imagine labor without
play activity. Play probably appeared earlier than labor in pre-human history. Play intertwines different sides of
social activity and turns people into executors of social roles. This refers to economic activity, too. Economic activity is
not built only upon the common sense and productivity. Economic activity always has the element of play. Politics is
a great sphere for play activity, too. In his research Pavel Gurevich used the method of philosophical anthropological
analysis. Phenomenology of play is related to human nature and typical human fervour and attitude to unexpected
fate. Pavel Gurevich also uses the methods of historical description of play activity. Special attention is paid to the
phenomenology of play as well as its universal role in human activity in general and in researches of the sides of human
existence in particular. The novelty of the article is caused by the fact that even though many philosophers have
studied sides of human existence, a special role of play in human activity is studied for the first time. The author underlines
that play reveals the nature of other aspects of human activity. If we had eliminated the element of play from
labor, economic, political and sexual practices, it would have completely changed not only the entire style of life but
also the essence of human existence.
Keywords:
psychology, human existence, play, love, labor, economy, activity, death, creativity, meaning.
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