TY - BOOK
T1 - Donald Winnicott and the Politics of Care
AU - Kellond, Joanna
PY - 2022/3/21
Y1 - 2022/3/21
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Donald Winnicott
KW - Winnicottian
KW - maternal care
KW - welfare state
KW - feminist theory
KW - political theory
KW - cultural and media studies
KW - neoliberal governmentality
KW - subjectivity and mental health
KW - Ontological security
KW - welfare
KW - psychoanalysis, culture and society
UR - https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.brighton.ac.uk/book/10.1007/978-3-030-91437-0
M3 - Book - authored
SN - 9783030914363
T3 - Studies in the Psychosocial
BT - Donald Winnicott and the Politics of Care
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Cham, Switzerland
ER -