Playing and reality / D.W. Winnicott.

By:

Winnicott, D. W. (Donald Woods), 1896-1971

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge classicsPublication details: London : Routledge, 2005.Edition: [New ed.] / with a new preface by F. Robert RodmanDescription: xviii, 214 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780415345460 (pbk.) :
9780415345460 (Paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.8917 WIN

LOC classification:

BF717

Contents:

Summary: In this landmark book of 20th-century psychology, D.W. Winnicott shows the reader how, through the attentive nurturing of creativity from the earliest years, every individual has the opportunity to enjoy a rich and rewarding cultural life.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	616.8917 WIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00213268

Previous ed.: London: Tavistock, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index.

Introduction--1.Transitional objects and Transitional phenomena--2. Dreaming, fantasying and living: A Case-history describing a primary dissociation -- 3. Playing: A theoretical statement--4. Playing: Creative activity and the search for the self--5. Creativity and its origins--6. The use of an object and relating through identifications--7. The location of Cultural Experience--8. The place where we live--9. Mirror-role of Mother and family in child development--10. Interrelating apart from instinctual drive and in terms of cross-identifications--11. Contemporary concepts of adolescent development and their implications for higher education.

In this landmark book of 20th-century psychology, D.W. Winnicott shows the reader how, through the attentive nurturing of creativity from the earliest years, every individual has the opportunity to enjoy a rich and rewarding cultural life.