SANTOS, Natália De Toni Guimarães dos    ZORNIG, Silvia Abu-Jamra. The initial times of motherhood: indiferentiation or intersubjectivity within the mother-infant primitive relationship?. []. , 19, 1, pp.78-90. ISSN 1415-7128.

The article's main objective is to analyse the maternal function within the psychic birth of the infant, putting a special emphasis in the affective dimension of the exchanges between mother and baby. We aim to discuss Winnicott's concept of primary maternal concern to highlight its paradox: indiferentiation or intersubjectivity? The classical notion proposed by Winnicott will be discussed and articulated to contemporary authors such as Ogden and Roussillon. Those authors propose an in depth study of Winnicotts'contributions, introducing the notion of intersubjectiviy within the area of the primary relationship established between a mother and her baby.

: primary maternal concern; indiferentiation; intersubjectivity; psychoanalysis; mother-baby relationship.

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