The Use of an Object

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-248
Author(s):  
Noreen Giffney
Keyword(s):  
Use Of An Object

D. W. Winnicott, André Green, and Rosemary Dinnage: Some Thoughts on the Interplay of Transitional Objects and Object Destruction

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-289
Author(s):  
David G. Kitron
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Theory ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Transitional Objects ◽  
Relative Independence ◽  
Total Dependence ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Use Of An Object

In this paper, the author attempts to arrive at a comprehensive outline of Winnicott's developmental theory. This theory encompasses the infant's emergence from total dependence and subject/object merging to what the author refers to as relative independence and relative subject/object separation (in Winnicott's words, “separation that is a not a separation but a form of union” [1971a, p. 98]). This conceptualization is based mainly on an amalgam of Winnicott's two well-known papers, on transitional objects and phenomena (1953) and on the use of an object (1969). The author also refers to André Green's notions of the importance of the negative and of the “dead mother” in reference to Winnicott's work. To demonstrate the clinical implications of the paper, the author discusses in detail the case of Rosemary Dinnage, as described by both Winnicott and Green and as reported directly by herself.

Introduction to Volume 8

2016 ◽  
pp. 3-30
Author(s):  
Ann Horne
Keyword(s):  
Early Development ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
The Self ◽  
Real Object ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Use Of An Object

The Introduction to Volume 8 elicits the key concepts Winnicott was developing in 1967-68, beginning in January 1967 with his talk on his own theories of development at the ‘52 Club, citing those who influenced him and those from whom he acquired ideas. The author proceeds to examine ‘The Use of an Object’, viewed by Claire Winnicott as the culmination of his thinking, a talk given at the NYPSI in November 1968. There is comment on Winnicott’s approach to observation and the scientific method, on culture and playing, and a fuller picture of friends and interests from the 1967 IPA conference. Failures in early development are explored but the main focus is the emergence of the self as real and the recognition of a real object that can be used (from ‘Mirror-role of mother and family’ to ‘The use of an object’) and the parallel between the early mother-infant relationship and the analyst-patient relationship. Thoughts on technique conclude the paper.

Further Clinical Illustration of ‘The Use of an Object’

2016 ◽  
pp. 369-378
Author(s):  
Donald W. Winnicott
Keyword(s):  
Patient Needs ◽  
False Self ◽  
Use Of An Object ◽  
Clinical Illustration

In a further clinical example in relation to the ‘Use of an Object’ paper, Winnicott describes and discusses his theme with reference to another patient whom he sees as exploiting a false self and living a life which is futile, deadly and potentially suicidal. He proposes that the patient needs to engage emotionally with her own destructiveness in relation to her objects (the analyst) and for him (the analyst) to survive and understand her attacks on him.

Solitary play of the red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 1495-1499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Ferron
Keyword(s):  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Play Behavior ◽  
Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus ◽  
Red Squirrel ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Play Fighting ◽  
Social Species ◽  
Solitary Play ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of An Object

A description of the different forms of solitary play behavior in the red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is presented here. These play activities are subdivided into two main groups: non-directed and object-directed. In the first are included (a) tumbles on the ground; (b) leaps and feats of skill in trees; (c) body shaking while suspended by the feet, and (d) running. In the second the motor patterns can be (a) gnawing, eating and caching food; (b) rubbing against an object; (c) acrobatic use of an object; (d) play-fighting with objects, and (e) chasing and play-fighting with the tail. The comparison of the solitary play behavior of the red squirrel with that of some other sciurids shows that this behavior seems to be almost non-existent in the social species studied so far and is subject to variation with age at the intraspecific level. It is suggested that a certain relation exists between the degree of sociability and the relative proportion of solitary and social play activities.

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