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

by P.C. Sandler

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367323226
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2019
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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?