LEADER 03773oam 2200697M 450 001 9910805101403321 005 20240131151043.0 010 $a0-429-91020-7 010 $a0-429-89597-6 010 $a0-429-47120-3 010 $a1-283-06937-7 010 $a9786613069375 010 $a1-84940-573-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780429471209 035 $a(CKB)2550000000033015 035 $a(EBL)689887 035 $a(OCoLC)723944157 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521083 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11324069 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521083 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517533 035 $a(PQKB)11646785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC689887 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL689887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464090 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL306937 035 $a(OCoLC)1052071432 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1052071432 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429471209 035 $a(OCoLC)171111531 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141658 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000033015 100 $a20180516e20182007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA beam of intense darkness $eWilfred Bion's legacy to psychoanalysis /$fJames S. Grotstein 205 $a1st 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (651 p.) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: London: Karnac, 2007. 311 $a0-367-10567-5 311 $a1-85575-448-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Prelude and prologue; 1 An introduction; 2 What kind of analyst was Bion?; 3 What kind of person was Bion?; 4 Bion's vision; 5 Bion's legacy; 6 Bion's metatheory; 7 Bion on technique; 8 Clinical vignette encompassing Bion's technical ideas; 9 Bion, the mathematician, the mystic, the psychoanalyst; 10 The "Language of Achievement"; 11 Bion's discovery of O; 12 The concept of the "transcendent position" 327 $a13 The quest for the truth, Part A: the "truth drive" as the hidden order of Bion's metatheory for psychoanalysis14 The quest for the truth, Part B: curiosity about the truth as the "seventh servant"; 15 Lies, "lies", and falsehoods; 16 The container and the contained; 17 "Projective transidentification": an extension of the concept of projective identification; 18 Bion's work with groups; 19 Bion's studies in psychosis; 20 Transformations; 21 Psychoanalytic functions and elements; 22 Points, lines, and circles; 23 The Grid; 24 Fetal mental life and its caesura with postnatal mental life 327 $a25 What does it mean to dream? Bion's theory of dreaming 26 Dreaming, phantasying, and the "truth instinct"; 27 "Become"; 28 P-S ? D; 29 L, H, and K and passion; 30 Faith; 31 Bion's discovery of zero ("no-thing"); Epilogue; W. R. BION BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aThe author surveys Bion's publications and elaborates on his key contributions in depth while also critiquing them. The scope of this work is to synopsize, synthesize, and extend Bion's works in a reader-friendly manner. The book presents his legacy - his most important ideas for psychoanalysis. These ideas need to be known by the mental health profession at large. This work highlights and defines the broader and deeper implications of his works. 606 $aPsychoanalysis 615 0$aPsychoanalysis. 676 $a150.195 676 $a150.195092 700 $aGrotstein$b James S.$0181434 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910805101403321 996 $aA beam of intense darkness$93760771 997 $aUNINA