Abstract

DIAS, Elsa Oliveira. Winnicott: agressiveness and the theory of maturation. Nat. hum. [online]. 2000, vol.2, n.1, pp. 9-48. ISSN 1517-2430.

The article talks about some of the main aspects of the winnicottian conception regarding human aggressiveness and destructiveness, in the light of the maturation theory. Pointing out that this is one of the themes where we can better see the pragmatic change operated by Winnicott regarding traditional psychoanalysis, the article examines the author's position by which, instead of the manifestation of intra-psychic forces or affections, human aggressiveness and destructiveness are intrinsically related to the constitution issue of the sense of external reality. Keeping, over all, to the initial stages, where the roots of aggressiveness are seen, the study explains the multiple nature of the phenomenon as per its roots in the maturation process, describing the character of the aggressive manifestations in the state of absolute dependence of the baby in relation to the mother, and in the stages where the dependence becomes relative. A few implications for the winnicottian clinic are mentioned.

Keywords : Aggressiveness; Destructiveness; Reality; Spontaneity; Motility; Instinctuality.

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