The Family and Individual Development |
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Author:
| Winnicott, D. W. |
Series title: | Routledge Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-203-44093-3 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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The Family and Individual Developmentrepresents a decade of writing from a thinker who was at the peak of his powers as perhaps the leading post-war figure in developmental psychiatry. In these pages, Winnicott chronicles the complex inner lives of human beings, from the first encounter between mother and newborn, through the 'doldrums' of adolescence, to maturity. As Winnicott explains in his final chapter, the health of a properly functioning democratic society 'derives from the...
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The Family and Individual Developmentrepresents a decade of writing from a thinker who was at the peak of his powers as perhaps the leading post-war figure in developmental psychiatry. In these pages, Winnicott chronicles the complex inner lives of human beings, from the first encounter between mother and newborn, through the 'doldrums' of adolescence, to maturity. As Winnicott explains in his final chapter, the health of a properly functioning democratic society 'derives from the working of the ordinary good home.'