W.R. Bion

Between Past and Future
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-32961-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

A collection of papers on and about the work of Wilfred Bion and its continuing development. Most were presented at the International Centennial Conference on the work of Bion in Turin in 1997. Contributors include Francesca Bion, Andre Green, James Grotstein, and many others.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Talamo, Parthenope Bion

Borgogno, Franco

Merciai, Silvio A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword -- Introduction -- Random reflections on Bion: past, present, and future -- Laying low and saying (almost) nothing -- Considerations on some of W. R. Bion's ideas -- The sick syllogism: the fear of dying and the sacrifice of truth -- Searching for Bion: Cogitations, a new "Clinical Diary"? -- Whom was Bion addressing? "Negative capability" and "listening to listening" -- Sexuality as a narrative genre or dialect in the consulting-room: a radical vertex -- The primordial mind and the work of the negative -- Bion's "transformations in `O'" and the concept of the "transcendent position" -- Thinking aloud about technique -- A dreamlike vision -- The theoretical and clinical significance of the concept of "common sense" in Bion's work -- The fundamental role of the Grid in Bion's work -- What is thinking- an attempt at an integrated study of W. R. Bion's contributions to the processes of knowing -- The various faces of lies

Über Autor(innen)

Franco Borgogno is full professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Turin and training and supervising psychoanalyst of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society. He is author of several papers and books, including 'Psychoanalysis as a Journey', and lectures and supervises throughout Europe and Israel, as well as in North and South America. He is part of the Editorial Board of Italian and International psychoanalytic journals and IPA Chair of the 'Psychoanalysis and University' Committee. In 2010 Borgogno has received the Mary Sigourney Award. Parthenope Bion Talamo was the oldest child of W. R. Bion and a highly regarded analyst in her own right. After schooling in England she went to Italy to study, and later set up in private practice in Turin. She was a member of the Societa Psicoanalitica Italiana (SPI) and of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). She translated many of her father's books and papers into Italian, and wrote extensively on her own theories and observations. She died in Italy in 1998