Aggressiveness and enviromental provision

Authors

  • Maria Ivone Accioly Lins Universidade de Paris X – Nanterre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59539/2175-2834-v2n1-740

Keywords:

aggressiveness; intermediate stage; potential aggressiveness; environment; antisocial behavior; destructiveness; creativity.

Abstract

This paper presents some of Winnicott's ideas on aggressiveness, with special attention to its roots and to the relationship between aggression and the intermediate stage of the emotional development. It emphasizes the role of the environment in transforming the natural aggressive impulse into destructibility or creativity. Boaz's - the sixteen-year-old character in "Black Box", a romance by the Israeli writer Amós Oz - change from destructive attitudes to constructive activities is used as a clinical illustration.

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Published

2024-05-17 — Updated on 2000-05-17

How to Cite

Lins, M. I. A. (2000). Aggressiveness and enviromental provision. Human Nature - International Philosophy and Psychology Review, 2(1), 49–69. https://doi.org/10.59539/2175-2834-v2n1-740

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2000): Natureza Humana

Section

Artigos