Beam of Intense Darkness

Taylor & Francis

Aims to synopsize, synthesize, extend, and to challenge Bion in a reader-friendly manner. This book presents the most important legacy-ideas for psychoanalysis, the ideas that are on the cutting edge of the field that, and need to be known by the mental health profession at large. > The 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.It presents his ideas faithfully and also uses his ideas as \""launching pads\"" for the author's conjectures about where his ideas point. > ContentsCHAPTER 1. The Scope Of This BookCHAPTER 2. What Kind Of Analyst Was Bion?CHAPTER 3. What Kind Of Person Was Bik