Winnicott’s foundation for the basic concepts of Freud’s metapsychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9056410 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martine Girard (Service de psychiatrie, psychothérapies et art‐thérapie, CHU Casselardit, TSA 40031, 31059 Toulouse, France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 305-324 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2009.00228.x |
| PMID | 20536855 |
| OpenAlex | W1971497906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 1 |
In a recent paper, Fulgencio shows how Winnicott rejected the basic speculative concepts of Freud's metapsychology - Trieb, psychical apparatus and libido - and replaced them with non-speculative concepts that promoted a factual theorization. In this paper, the author examines some of Winnicott's concepts and attempts to demonstrate how, rather than replacing Freud's concepts, he provides a factual foundation for the metapsychology in the double dependence of the infant in care. Freud never actually disregards the necessity of early mothering but he takes it for granted. By differentiating between ego needs and id needs, ego-relatedness and id-relatedness, object-mother and environment-mother, Winnicott attempts to theorize what Freud takes for granted: the function of the holding environment as a framework for id-experiences and the function of object-presenting as a condition of reality-testing. Furthermore, by differentiating between pure male and pure female elements, he is also able to construct a highly speculative theorization in order to distinguish two basic principles: doing and being. Although the death drive is clearly rejected, this rejection follows from his theorization of double dependence. Consequently, the author suggests that Winnicott did not discard metapsychological concepts but theorized the conditions for using both these and the intrapsychic topography
Archaeology · Foundation (evidence) · Metapsychology · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychoanalytic Therapy · History · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |