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A beam of intense darkness : Wilfred Bion's legacy to psychoanalysis / James S. Grotstein

Author
Grotstein, James S.
Published
London : Karnac Books, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 382 pages)
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English.
Contents
COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Prelude and prologue; CHAPTER 1 An introduction; CHAPTER 2 What kind of analyst was Bion?; CHAPTER 3 What kind of person was Bion?; CHAPTER 4 Bion's vision; CHAPTER 5 Bion's legacy; CHAPTER 6 Bion's metatheory; CHAPTER 7 Bion on technique; CHAPTER 8 Clinical vignetteencompassing Bion's technical ideas; CHAPTER 9 Bion, the mathematician, the mystic, the psychoanalyst; CHAPTER 10 The "Language of Achievement -- CHAPTER 11 Bion's discovery of O; CHAPTER 12 The concept of the "transcendent position."
Summary
The author surveys Bion's publications and elaborates on his key contributions in depth while also critiquing them. The scope of this work is to synopsize, synthesize, and extend Bion's works in a reader-friendly manner. The book presents his legacy - his most important ideas for psychoanalysis. These ideas need to be known by the mental health profession at large. This work highlights and defines the broader and deeper implications of his works.
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ISBN
9781849405737 (electronic bk.)
1849405735 (electronic bk.)
1283069377
9781283069373
9786613069375
661306937X
0429895976
9780429895975
0429471203
9780429471209
9781855754485
1855754487
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-359) and index.
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