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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459044003321

Autore

Pistiner de Cortinas Lia

Titolo

The aesthetic dimension of the mind : variations on a theme of Bion / / Lia Pistiner de Cortinas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Karnac, , 2009

ISBN

0-429-48100-4

1-282-77961-3

9786612779619

1-84940-690-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (446 p.)

Disciplina

150.1952

616.89/17

Soggetti

Aesthetics - Psychological aspects

Psychoanalysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE SPANISH EDITION; INTRODUCTION: The aesthetic dimension of the mind and becoming oneself; CHAPTER ONE: The psychic birth of emotional experience: the mental equipment for making contact and understanding the psychic reality; CHAPTER TWO: Dreams and lies: the discovery of psychic reality and the aesthetic dimension of the mind; CHAPTER THREE: Prenatal aspects of the mind: science and fiction in the psychoanalytical game; CHAPTER FOUR: Approaching truth and catastrophic change

CHAPTER FIVE: Traversing caesuras and mental growth: a scientific exploration of insightCHAPTER SIX: Some thoughts on the extension of the psychoanalytic field in A Memoir of the Future; CHAPTER SEVEN: 2001: A Space Odyssey; CHAPTER EIGHT: The frozen autistic desert and the capacity to play: development of the aesthetic dimension of the mind; CHAPTER NINE: The gift of language in the autistic world: an exploration; APPENDIX: Glossary of some Bionian terms; REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY



Sommario/riassunto

'This work constitutes an outstanding piece of Bion scholarship and interpretation. One comes away from it with a deep appreciation for the authors dreaming of Bion's work and for the light she has shined on many of Bions more recondite themes.'- James Grotstein MD, Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine