1st Edition

An Introduction to W.R. Bion's 'A Memoir of the Future' Authoritative, Not Authoritarian, Psychoanalysis

By P.C. Sandler Copyright 2015
    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book intensifies the stuff of W. R. Bion's contributions by offering us an evocative, enticing work which constantly forces the reader to face up to a most important issue: the attempt to read Bion demands patience and tolerance, as if it were an exercise.

    Preface -- Introduction -- Dramatis Personae -- Rising… or Uprising? -- Obscure, complicated and difficult? -- Truth; truthfulness -- Clinical significance -- Editorial issues -- The ever-present fundamentals of psychoanalysis: a memoir to a possible future of psychoanalysis? -- The psychoanalytic movement and psychoanalysis proper -- Landing …. or Diving? -- Looking for a Language of Achievement—A Free Association Generator? -- A dreamscope? -- Formulation mode: love of, and hate for, the supreme creativity of a parental couple -- Banal times -- Facing natural tension: an option for banality?

    Biography

    Sandler, P.C.