This book provides an in-depth analysis of Winnicott's original work and highlights the specifics of his contribution to the concept of early psychic development, which revolutionised the theory and practice of psychoanalysis.

Chapter 01 Introduction, Jan Abram; Part 1 Introductory overviews; Chapter 02 D.W.W. on D.W.W., D.W. Winnicott; Chapter 03 The mother, the infant and the matrix, Thomas H. Ogden; Chapter 04 The evolution of Winnicott's theoretical matrix, Jan Abram; Chapter 05 From Freud to Winnicott, Zeljko Loparic; Part 02 Personal perspectives; Chapter 06 A personal view of the Kleinian contribution, D.W. Winnicott; Chapter 07 Winnicott, Marion Milner; Chapter 08 Potential space in psychoanalysis, André Green; Chapter 09 Nachträglichkeit and Winnicott's 'Fear of Breakdown' (1998), Haydée Faimberg; Chapter 10 Reading Winnicott, Thomas H. Ogden; Chapter 11 Winnicott and the acquisition of a freedom of thought, Daniel Widlöcher; Chapter 12 The search for form, Kenneth Wright; Chapter 13 Winnicott's deconstruction of primary narcissism, René Roussillon; Part 03 Late Winnicott studies; Chapter 14 The use of an object in the context of Moses and Monotheism, D.W. Winnicott; Chapter 15 DWW's notes for the Vienna Congress 1971, Jan Abram; Chapter 16 Vital sparks and the form of things unknown, Dodi Goldman; Chapter 17 On the margins, Christopher Reeves; Chapter 18 Winnicott and American analysts, Nellie L. Thompson; Chapter 19 Squiggle evidence, Lisa Farley;