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Donald Winnicott and the Politics of Care

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Authors:
  1. Joanna Kellond

    1. School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

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  • Provides the first comprehensive critical account of Winnicottian ideas and their socio-political implications
  • Critically examines the relationship between psychoanalysis, culture and society
  • Highlights the dialectical character of the relationship between the psychic and the social

Part of the book series: Studies in the Psychosocial (STIP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Winnicott and the Politics of Care

    • Joanna Kellond
    Pages 1-29

  3. Healthy Life: Care, Cura and Flourishing

    • Joanna Kellond
    Pages 31-61

  4. Oedipus and Capitalism: Denying Dependence, Effacing Care

    • Joanna Kellond
    Pages 63-97

  5. Caring States: Maternal Care, Holding and Social Provision

    • Joanna Kellond
    Pages 99-132

  6. Care, Power, Justice

    • Joanna Kellond
    Pages 133-164

  7. Attacks on Holding

    • Joanna Kellond
    Pages 165-192

  8. The Politics of Holding

    • Joanna Kellond
    Pages 193-226

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 227-259
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About this book

This book explores the significance of psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott’s ideas for contemporary debates about care. Locating Winnicott in relation to a range of fields, including psychology, philosophy, sociology, critical theory and feminist theory, it examines the implications of his thinking for understanding and transforming the relationship between care and society. Winnicott was unique amongst psychoanalysts for the emphasis he placed on care in the development of subjectivity. The book unpacks Winnicott’s understanding of care and assesses its relevance for conceptions of social responsibility, justice and transformation. In a world where care is in crisis, how might we theorise the conditions necessary for the development of caring subjectivities, and is it possible to infer a relationship between those conditions and progressive social change? This unique book will be of interest to readers in psychosocial studies, politics and anyone concerned with thinking about the relationship between care and social transformation.

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“The book as a whole is subtle, balanced, and informative. … Kellond’s contribution remains erudite, original and informative, a welcome and timely addition to the selection of works on the political impact of relations-based psychoanalysis.” (Gal Gerson, The European Legacy, Vol. 28 (6), 2023) ​“Joanna Kellond’s valuable revisiting of Donald Winnicott’s work provides ariveting account of the emphasis he placed upon care in both his therapeutic
practice and his vision of human flourishing overall. With extraordinary scholarly
range, and elegant, accessible philosophical thoughtfulness, Kellond uses
Winnicottian thought to argue for a comprehensive reimagining of care as the
essence of psychic wellbeing, and the heart of progressive social transformation.
A profound and compelling text for our time.”
—Lynne Segal author of Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy, and
co-author of The Care Manifesto

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

    Joanna Kellond

About the author

Dr Joanna Kellond is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Brighton, UK, and a Founding Scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council.

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