Winnicott's rejection of the basic concepts of Freud's metapsychologyFootnote¹

1. This paper takes up the views expounded in Fulgencio (2005a), and includes results obtained in my post‐doctoral thesis, funded by FAPESP. The interpretation of the history and development of psychoanalysis put forward here follows the lines of research of: a) the Research Group in Philosophy and Psychotherapeutic Practices (GFPP, http:www.cle.unicamp.brgrupofpp) of the Clinical Psychology postgraduate studies programme, Pontifi cal Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC‐SP), based on Zeliko Loparic's work; and b) the Winnicott Centre, São Paulo (http:www.centrowinnicott.com.br), which provides basic research information on and bibliographical references by Winnicott. I thank Zeliko Loparic and the translator, Sara Fevereiro, for their great help in the establishment of the English version of this paper.