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Although he founded no school of his own, D. W. Winnicott (1896-1971) is now regarded as one of the most influential contributors to psychoanalysis since Freud. In over forty years of clinical practice, he brought unprecedented skill and intuition to the psychoanalysis of children. This critical new work by Adam Phillips presents the best short introduction to the thought and practice of Winnicott that is currently available. Winnicott's work was devoted to the recognition and description of show more the good mother and the use of the mother-infant relationship as the model of psychoanalytic treatment. His belief in natural development became a covert critique of overinterpretative methods of psychoanalysis. He combined his idiosyncratic approach to psychoanalysis with a willingness to make his work available to nonspecialist audiences. In this book Winnicott takes his place with Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan as one of the great innovators within the psychoanalytic tradition. show lessTags
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stevereads This is a short biography of Winnicott as well as a theoretical overview of his work.
stevereads These books are both excellent introductions to the work of complex original thinkers,
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This is an excellent brief biography of and introduction to the thinking of the pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. Whether you are first approaching Winnicott's ideas or well versed in them, you will find in this book a helpful companion.
Wonderful synopsis of the core theories of this brilliant giant of psychoanalysis (by another brilliant giant of psychoanalysis).
D.W. Winnicott (1896-1971) was a pediatrician and then a child analyst whose contributions to theories of child development and psychology (mothering, love, language, attachment, dependency, anxiety and many other topics) were enormous. Phillips' book illuminates Winnicott's body of work and includes a chronology.
A biography of British psycho-analyst Donald Woods Winnicott (1896-1971) focussing on his professional development and achievements, drawn heavily from his own writings, and analyzed according to his own theories.
Waarlijk een hele krachttoer om het werk van Winnicott samen te vatten en tegelijk te duiden binnen de context van zijn leven, professionele vorming en ontwikkeling. Natuurlijk nodigt dit uit om opnieuw de teksten van Winnicott zelf ter hand te nemen en te herlezen om de waarde ervan dan nog beter en langs een andere invalshoek te kunnen schatten.
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Adam Phillips is the author of six previous books, including "The Beast in the Nursery" & "Monogamy" (both available form Vintage). Formerly the principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London, he lives in England. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title*
- Winnicott: biografia intellettuale
- Original title
- Winnicott
- Original publication date
- 1988
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- Donald Winnicott
- Original language
- English
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- 000686094X 1988 softcover Fontana
0674953606 1989 hardcover Harvard University Press
0674953614 1989 softcover Harvard University Press
0141031506 2007 softcover Penguin
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