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It is well known that infants as soon as they are born tend to use fist, fingers, thumbs in stimulation of the oral erotogenic zone, in satisfaction of the instincts at that zone, and also in quiet union. Read the first page
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
not for everyone, love the other book from the same author though,
By Mom Reader "Mom reader" (Mississauga, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Playing and Reality (Paperback)
I love this author and the "Child, the family and the outside world" is an absolute must for parents and caregivers. However this one book in question is way deeper and more for a psychology student. I could barely keep up with this one. It might be great, but not for an IT person like myself.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Clinically wonderful yet intellectually naive,
By whomi (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Playing and Reality (Paperback)
Winnicott offers a subtle and lovingly careful interpretation of the "transitional space," the intermediary and paradoxical realm between subjective and objective, between childhood and maturity. He also provides some very interesting accounts of how various forms of madness may crystallize out of interpersonal disturbances distorting the transitional area. However, as Winnicott himself notes, he is not an intellectual. His clinical sophistication and insight into life are unfortunately counterbalanced by a certain degree of intellectual naivete. For instance, Winnicott's interpretation of childhood experience as essentially solipsistic, and of the blossoming of the self that is supposed to result from a support of this solipsism by the mother (and later the analyst) seem philosphically naive and theoretically untenable. For if the infant really starts of as a solipsist -ensconsced within a wish-fulfilling fantasy world- how can the mother ever affect her at all? Positing a gradual disillusionment, as W does, doesn't help much when his theory is set up in such a way that it does not allow for the perception of objective reality, and thus for the possibility of disillusionment, in the first place. As another reviewer notes, yes, W does say that gradual dissillusionment by the real world happens, but the problem is that much of W's understanding of how the infant's mind works doesn't fit with this claim, and therefore despite W's apparent relational leanings he is still conceptually stuck in a primary-narcissism type model. I would suggest that readers read Winnicott lovingly but critically, and would specifically recommend that this book be juxtaposed with Derrida's critiques of Rousseau from _Of Grammatology_, which can be applied to Winnicott almost in toto.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Intellectual babble,
By Sierra (Arlington, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Playing and Reality (Paperback)
Winnicott's book was difficult for me to get through. With the exception of his case studies, which were somewhat entertaining, it's nothing but monotonous intellectual babble. The title sounds interesting, but the content was not useful to me in the least. There is nothing in this book that would help a typical person to raise an emotionally healthy child. Winnicott is writing for a very select group of people: other psychoanalysts.Nowadays, the majority of people in our society consider Freud to be a joke. While Winnicott does not agree with Freud about everything, he's Freudian enough for me to have trouble taking him seriously. His work seems old and outdated. Winnicott writes his theory in a way which makes it sound complex and important. In actuality, it is extremely simple and could be summed up in a few sentences. I'm not going to say anything else about this book because it is not even worth thinking about or remembering.
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