Bion and Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Name: Bion and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Bion and Contemporary PsychoanalysisReading A Memoir of the Future\nAuthor(s): Giuseppe Civitarese\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138038851, 978-1138038851\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the importance and continued relevance of A Memoir of the Future in understanding and applying Bions work to contemporary psychoanalysis. Bion continued to innovate throughout his life, but the Memoir has been largely overlooked.\n\nFocusing on A Memoir of the Future is not only of deep interest in terms of the authors biography, or even only in function of a better understanding of his theoretical concepts, but can also be considered, for all intents and purposes, the final chapter of an ingenious creative enterprise While by some it was thought as the evidence of Bions presumed senility, this book challenges that perspective, arguing that it represents the last challenge he issued to the psychoanalytic Establishment. In each .