Building on Bion: branches : contemporary developments and applications of Bion's contributions to theory and practice / edited by Robert M. Lipgar and Malcolm Pines.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lipgar, Robert M., 1928-

Pines, Malcolm.

Series:

International library of group analysis ; 21.

International library of group analysis ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis.

Bion, Wilfred R. (Wilfred Ruprecht), 1897-1979.

Bion, Wilfred R.

Physical Description:

320 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The enduring influence of Bion's work is the central theme of this book. Chapters by distinguished international contributors from the fields of psychoanalysis, group analysis, management consultancy and social science cover work with large groups, Bion and the Tavistock conferences, and his ideas about thinking, learning, dreams and mentality.

Contents:

Intro

contents

Introduction

Part 1: Working with Groups

1. Bion's Legacy to Median and Large Groups

2. The large Groups and its Conductor

Part 2: Application- Putting Bion's Ideas to Work

3. From Groups to Group Relations

4. Alcaholics Anonymous as Medical Treatment for Alcaholism

5. 'Attacks on Linking' and 'Alpha Function'

6. Learning at the Edges between Knowing and Not-knowing

7. Narcissism v. Social-ism Governing Thinking in Social Systems

Part 3: Bion as Pioneer in Thinking, Learning and Transmitting Knowledge

8. Transcending the Caesura

9. 'So you Want to Write a Fugue?'

10. Preconception and Realisation

The Contributors

Subject Index

Author Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283904094

1283904098

9781846423697

1846423694

OCLC:

740947617