The Limitation of Education

Playing is a form of external mediation, says Gerard. It makes you part of your culture without creating rivalries. But if a child has a lawyer for a father, he's going to have his little law court - but it would be a game. He himself will know that there's no rivalry with his father. These two phases of desire are both present in all societies. There is an overall direction to modern history towards more and more internal mediation.