1st Edition
The Courage of Simplicity Essential Ideas in the Work of W.R. Bion
By Hanni Biran
Copyright 2015
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Relying on and developing the ideas of W.R. Bion, this book observes psychoanalytic thinking through three prisms: person, group and society. The book is divided into four sections. The first revolves around the individual. Clinical in its emphasis, it discusses Bion's theory of thinking, his reading of the Oedipus myth and his notion of the "selected fact". These are illustrated by vignettes... Read more
Series Editor’s Foreword , Introduction , Integrative Concepts , The concepts of the container and contained in Bion’s thought , The selected fact , The caesura , Person , How thoughts are born in light of Bionian theory , Looking at the myth of Oedipus following Bion , Group , An introduction to Bion’s contribution to group dynamics , Myths, memories, and roles: how they live again in the group process , Bion’s links: how they are manifested in the Foulkesian matrix , The “untouchable”: racism and prejudice in the analytic group , Society , The difficulty of channelling rage into dialogue , From possessing to belonging , The social unconscious and its manifestation in the analytic group , A boy is torn between two realities: looking at his biography in the light of the social unconscious , The unconscious emergence of identity , Epilogue
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Hanni Biran
