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virtualmima's review against another edition
3.25
The transitional object is not a sexual object. It's just training wheels to accustom the baby to independence. There's no reason to put Freudian sex stuff into here. More of a piece to provoke thought than to believe in, because there's a lot of valuable ideas here that unfortunately are polluted by Freud.
markfeltskog's review against another edition
Dr. Winnicott is something of a legend in his field, so I've wanted for some time to read him. Unfortunately, his books rarely turn up used, and they've tended to go in and out of print, so they have been pricey when available. That said, I just checked Amazon and found that most of his work is in print again, and available in trade paperback.
Now for the skewed nature of my three-star review. This is a book, I think, for professional practitioners. Winnicott was, I was surprised to see, basically a Freudian. Because I know some of the language and the concepts that language represents in Freud's work, I was able to understand some of this book. Still, this book is probably too abstruse and technical for a common reader like myself.
Now for the skewed nature of my three-star review. This is a book, I think, for professional practitioners. Winnicott was, I was surprised to see, basically a Freudian. Because I know some of the language and the concepts that language represents in Freud's work, I was able to understand some of this book. Still, this book is probably too abstruse and technical for a common reader like myself.
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