Autistic transformations : Bion's theory and autistic phenomena / by Celia Fix Korbivcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fix Korbivcher, Celia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Autism.

Autistic children.

Psychology.

Medical Subjects:

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a collection of articles written between 1992 and 2005 which attempts to bring two universes together - Bion's referential and autistic phenomena. The field of clinical work which the author uses is that of "learning from the emotional experience" (Bion, 1962) and the theory of Transformations (Bion, 1965), a method of observing mental phenomena within this field, which also encompasses the areas of neurosis and psychosis. The author makes use of Tustin's concept (1965) which proposes that the personality has, apart from the neurotic and psychotic parts, an autistic part in which prevails sensations in place of emotions. The author suggests adding an autistic area to the theory of Transformations, proposing a new type of transformation beyond those suggested by Bion: the autistic transformations. The merit of this proposal is to expand Bion's referential to the autistic area, an area dominated by sensations without representation in the mind.

Contents:

chapter 1 A dissonant duo: report of a child’s analysis With comments by Frances Tustin

chapter 2 Some thoughts on the psychoanalytic object

chapter 3 Primitive mind and thought

chapter 4 The theory of transformations and autistic states. Autistic transformations: a proposal

chapter 5 The analyst’s mind and autistic transformations

chapter 6 Bion and Tustin: the autistic phenomena and Bion’s referential.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 9, 2013).

ISBN:

0-429-91116-5

0-429-89693-X

0-367-10181-5

0-429-47216-1

1-78241-087-2

9780429472169

OCLC:

868979383