Phenomenological remarks concerning Playing and Reality

This paper aims at two different but connected tasks. The first of these would be that of giving a philosophical overview of Winnicotts Playing and Reality. The second task will consist in giving a phenomenological interpretation of some fundamental concepts found in Playing and Reality. Here we cou...

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Published in:International journal on humanistic ideology 2023-01, Vol.13 (1), p.129-156
Main Author: Mândruţ, David-Augustin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Fetishism
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (1908-1961)
Phenomenology
Psychoanalysis
Text analysis
Winnicott, Donald W (1896-1971)
Writers
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Summary:This paper aims at two different but connected tasks. The first of these would be that of giving a philosophical overview of Winnicotts Playing and Reality. The second task will consist in giving a phenomenological interpretation of some fundamental concepts found in Playing and Reality. Here we could recall the transitional object, the transitional area, and even the mirror role of the mothers face. The phenomenological authors which will be briefly invoked here are Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Eugen Fink and Marc Richir. Marc Richir is the only one of these authors to have given a holistic interpretation of Winnicotts work, thus providing phenomenological insights of Playing and Reality. The other authors will also be invoked, but their work will be not discussed at length, so that we do not interrupt the fluidity of our interpretation of Winnicotts text. The interpretations will follow organically from Winnicotts ideas which will be merged with the body of the text. This paper also aims at underlining the possible connections between phenomenology and psychoanalysis, in our case, especially the psychoanalysis of the child. We are going also to see how certain phenomenological concepts might play along with psychoanalytical theories.
ISSN:1844-458X