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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780338503321

Autore

Hopper Earl

Titolo

Traumatic experience in the unconscious life of groups [[electronic resource] ] : the fourth basic assumption / / Earl Hopper; forward by Malcolm Pines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003

ISBN

1-283-90465-9

1-84642-639-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

International library of group analysis ; ; 23

Disciplina

616.89/152

Soggetti

Group psychoanalysis

Group psychotherapy

Psychic trauma

Social groups

Subconsciousness

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

List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Theory of Cohesion Proposed by Bion and Turquet, and Modified by Others; 2 The Fear of Annihilation and Traumatic Experience; 3 The Fourth Basic Assumption; 4 The Personification of Incohesion; 5 The Treatment of Difficult Patients in Clinical Group Analysis; 6 The Personification of Massification by Pandora; 7 An Illustration of Incohesion; 8 Summary, Invited Critical Commentaries, Discussion and Suggestions for Further Research and Applications

Appendix I Some Conceptual Distinctions about Social Formations from Sociology and Social PsychologyAppendix II Encapsulation as a Defence against the Fear of Annihilation; References; Subject Index; Author Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Working within the traditions of Bion, Turquet, Foulkes and Pines, and drawing on concepts and data from psychoanalysis, group analysis and sociology, this volume develops Earl Hopper's new theory of the fourth basic assumption in the unconscious life of groups and group-like social systems. Located within a social, cultural and political



transgenerational context, Incohesion: Aggregation/Massification or (ba) I:A/M (an acronym for 'I AM' - an assertion of personal identity when identity is under threat) is based on the fear of annihilation stemming from traumatic experience. With full respect