Thinking About Children

Thinking About Children collects thirty-one papers, of which twenty-eight have never previously been published. As might be expected, they range widely in tone and content from concise clinical observations to more general meditations including the landmark paper "Towards an objective study of human nature". Of particular interest are sections on autism and psychosomatics, where the authors thinking can be seen to foreshadow more recent developments, such as Frances Tustins work on autism. Together with a substantial introduction by the editors, this book indispensable for those acquainted with the authors work, and an ideal introduction for those who have not yet encountered the extraordinary clarity and depth of his thought.