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Essential aloneness : Rome lectures on DW Winnicott / Christopher Bollas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bollas, Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Infant psychology--Philosophy.
- Infant psychology.
- Developmental psychology.
- Solitude--Psychological aspects.
- Solitude.
- Winnicott, D. W. (Donald Woods), 1896-1971.
- Winnicott, D. W.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- 'Essential Aloneness' offers a series of D.W. Winnicott lectures delivered by Christopher Bollas in the 1980s to the Institute of Child Neuropsychiatry at the University of Rome. It primarily focuses on Winnicottian psychoanalytic theory and practice.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Essential Aloneness
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Aloneness
- 2. Living with . . . (M)other
- 3. True Self
- 4. Becoming a Living Reality
- 5. False Self
- 6. On Celebration and Ruthlessness
- 7. Transitional Objects
- 8. The Uses of Illusion
- 9. Communicating/Not Communicating
- 10. Being and Potential Space
- 11. Object Relating
- 12. The Use of an Object
- 13. The Vitality of Aggression
- 14. Morals
- 15. Playing and Creativity
- 16. Questions
- 17. Case Discussions
- Winnicott Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 14, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-768390-8
- 0-19-768391-6
- 0-19-768389-4
- OCLC:
- 1393439313
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