Introduction to Discussions from the Launch of <italic>the Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott, 12-Volume Set</italic>, Edited by Lesley Caldwell and Helen Taylor Robinson.

Adrienne Harris and Lewis Aron introduce remarks delivered at The Sándor Ferenczi Center at the New School for Social Research, one of the North American launch sites for <italic>The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott, 12-Volume Set</italic>. Harris and Aron discuss the experience of seeing Winnicott—the man, doctor, psychoanalyst, and public intellectual—unfold over time, an experience they credit to the “brilliant choice” of the volumes’ editors to present Winnicott’s work in strictly chronological order. The authors, founders (with Jeremy Safran) of the Ferenczi Center, go on to argue that theirs was a particularly relevant and meaningful venue for the Winnicott launch given Ferenczi’s significant influcence on Winnicott, albeit one that Winnicott did not explicitly credit. With references to the existing literature on the topic of Ferenczi’s undocumented influence, they detail the theoretical points that make this case and argue that Winnicott represents a development within the Ferenczian legacy. Speakers include collection editors Lesley Caldwell and Helen Taylor Robinson, as well as volume editors Vincenzo Bonaminio, Angela Joyce, and Arne Jemstedt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]