Continuity and primitive agony of being: Winnicott and the baby psychotic

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the specificity of Winnicott’s psychoanalytical theory, taking into account the fact that throughout his theory and practice are found intuitions and phenomenological issues which are close to the Daseinanalysis, such as the continuity of being, the good–enough mother and Holding, transitionality and the area of illusion. Keywords: Daseinanalysis, Winnicott, Continuity of being and Holding, Good–enough mother, Transitionality, Area of illusion