The initial times of motherhood: indiferentiation or intersubjectivity within the mother-infant primitive relationship?

Authors

  • Natália De Toni Guimarães dos Santos Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro; Psicologia Clínica
  • Silvia Abu-Jamra Zornig Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i1p78-90

Keywords:

primary maternal concern, indiferentiation, intersubjectivity, psychoanalysis, mother-baby relationship.

Abstract

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.

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Published

2014-04-01

Issue

Section

Dossie: The child´s mother and the other

How to Cite

Santos, N. D. T. G. dos, & Zornig, S. A.-J. (2014). The initial times of motherhood: indiferentiation or intersubjectivity within the mother-infant primitive relationship?. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 19(1), 78-90. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i1p78-90