{"product_id":"wilfred-bion-his-life-and-works-paperback","title":"Wilfred Bion: His Life and Works - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerard Bleandonu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilfred Bion was one of the most original and influential thinkers in recent psychoanalysis. His ideas, which can be traced in direct line in the development of psychoanalytic theory from Freud to Melanie Klein, are difficult to grasp because his writing style was often enigmatic and ambiguous. This is the first full biography and the first comprehensive explication of his significant contribution to psychoanalytic theory and practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Bleandonu takes us through Bion's personal and intellectual explorations and gives clear accounts of his key concepts, including work groups and basic assumption groups, psychotic processes, catastrophic change, abandonment of memory and desire, the mystic, and ultimate truth. In addition, the grid is carefully laid out and explicated; the emergence of the idea of links, and attacks on them, as a core theme for the rest of Bion's working life is given proper attention; and Bion's attempt to creat an extensive psychoanalytic epistemology is discusses. Finally Bleandonu guides the reader through the fantasy writings in Memoir of the Future, the masterpiece that is Bion's autobiography, and his final writings, including the posthumous Cogitations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSignificant reading for anyone with an interest in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and the development of psychoanalytic thought, this volume will be valued by professionals and students alike.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerard Bleandonu\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerard Bleandonu is a community psychiatrist in a suburb of Lyon in France. He is the author of books on group therapy and on dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eR.D. Hinshelwood\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eR.D. Hinshelwood is Clinical Director, The Cassel Hospital, London, and author of \u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Kleinian Thought\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClinical Klein\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Free Association Books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Pajaczkowska\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaire Pajaczkowska is Senior Lecturer, School of the History and Theory of Visual Culture, Middlesex University, and translator of \u003ci\u003eFreud or Reich? Psychoanalysis and Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, by Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel and Bela Grunberger (Free Association Books).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.41 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49193375432856,"sku":"9781892746573","price":53.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/bS8rNGVXVXpKTDgvV2FVUlBZMXRUUT09.webp?v=1780545519","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/wilfred-bion-his-life-and-works-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}