Bion's Legacy

Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources of the Life, Work and Ideas of Wilfred Ruprecht Bion

Harry Karnac

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781855756762
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429911484
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This book forms a comprehensive bibliography of the works of W. R. Bion, and the other works that made some bearing of his life and thought. It discusses Bion's contribution to various disciplines beyond the psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic.

Part 1
Bion’s own writings

The 24 volumes of Bion’s works, referred to as WRB1-WRB24

WRB1 Experiences in Groups and Other Papers. London: Tavistock Publications and New York: Routledge, 1961. (reprinted Hove: Brunner-Routledge, 2001)

WRB2 Learning from Experience. London: William Heinemann Medical Books 1962 reprinted in Seven Servants with WRB3, WRB4 & WRB6. New York: Aronson, 1977. (reprinted London: Karnac, 1984)

WRB3 Elements of Psycho-Analysis. London: William Heinemann Medical Books 1963 reprinted in Seven Servants with WRB2, WRB4 & WRB6. New York: Aronson, 1977. (reprinted London: Karnac, 1984)

WRB4 Transformations. London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1965. (reprinted in Seven Servants; with WRB2, WRB3 & WRB6. New York: Aronson, 1977; reprinted London: Karnac, 1984)

WRB5 Second Thoughts: Selected Papers on Psycho-Analysis. London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1967. (reprinted London: Karnac, 1984)

WRB6 Attention and Interpretation. London: Tavistock Publications, 1970. (reprinted in Seven Servants with WRB2, WRB3 & WRB4. New York: Aronson, 1977; reprinted London: Karnac, 1984)

WRB7 Bion’s Brazilian Lectures 1—São Paulo Rio/de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1973. (reprinted in Brazilian Lectures (revised & corrected (Ed.)) with WRB8 in one volume. London: Karnac, 1990)

WRB8 Bion’s Brazilian Lectures 2—Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo. Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1974. (reprinted in Brazilian Lectures (revised & corrected (Ed.)) with WRB7 in one volume. London: Karnac, 1990)

WRB9 A Memoir of the Future Book 1—The Dream. Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1975. (reprinted in A Memoir of the Future (revised & corrected edition) with WRB10, WRB13 & WRB15 in one volume. London: Karnac, 1991)

WRB10 A Memoir of the Future Book 2—The Past Presented. Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1977. (reprinted in A Memoir of the Future (revised & corrected edition) with WRB9, WRB13 & WRB15 in one volume. London: Karnac, 1991)

WRB11 Two Papers: The Grid and Cæsura. Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1977. (reprinted (revised and corrected edition) London: Karnac, 1989)

WRB12 Four Discussions with W.R. Bion Perthshire: Clunie Press, 1978. (reprinted in Clinical Seminars and other works with WRB18 in one volume (edited by Francesca Bion) London: Karnac, 2000)

WRB13 A Memoir of the Future Book 3 The Dawn of Oblivion. Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1977. (reprinted in A Memoir of the Future (revised & corrected edition) with WRB9, WRB10 & WRB15 in one volume. London: Karnac, 1991)

WRB14 Bion in New York and São Paulo Perthshire: Clunie Press, 1980

WRB15 A Key to A Memoir of the Future Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1977. (reprinted in A Memoir of the Future (revised & corrected edition) with WRB9, WRB10 & WRB13 in one volume. London: Karnac, 1991)

WRB16 The Long Weekend: 1897–1919 (Part of a Life) (edited by Francesca Bion) Abingdon: Fleetwood Press, 1982. (reprinted London: Free Association Books, 1986; reprinted London: Karnac Books, 1991)

WRB17 All My Sins Remembered: Another part of a Life and The Other Side of Genius: Family Letters (edited by Francesca Bion) Abingdon: Fleetwood Press, 1985. (reprinted London: Karnac, 1991)

WRB18 Clinical Seminars and Four Papers Abingdon: Fleetwood Press, 1987. (reprinted in Clinical Seminars and other works with WRB12 in one volume. (edited by Francesca Bion) London: Karnac, 2000)

WRB19 Cogitations (edited by Francesca Bion) London: Karnac, 1992. (new extended edition. London: Karnac, 1994)

WRB20 Taming Wild Thoughts (edited by Francesca Bion). London: Karnac, 1997

WRB21 War Memoirs 1917–1919 (edited by Francesca Bion). London: Karnac, 1997

WRB22 Clinical Seminars and other works (edited by Francesca Bion). London: Karnac, 2000 [single volume edition containing Four Discussions with W.R. Bion (WRB12) and Clinical Seminars and Four Papers (WRB18)]

WRB23 The Italian Seminars (edited by Francesca Bion and transl. from the Italian by Philip Slotkin). London: Karnac, 2005 [earlier edition Seminari Italiani: Testo Completo dei Seminari tenuti da W. R. Bion a Roma. Edizioni Borla 1985]

WRB24 The Tavistock Seminars (edited by Francesca Bion). London: Karnac, 2005

Chronological list

1940 War of Nerves, The in The Neuroses in War. (Ed.) Miller & Crichton-Miller (pp. 180–200). London: Macmillan, 1940

1943 Intra-group tensions in therapy (with Rickman, J.) Lancet, 2: 678/781-Nov 27’43 WRB1: 11–26

1946 Northfield Experiment [The] (with Bridger, H. and Main, T.). Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 10: 71–76

1946b Leaderless Group Project. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 10: 77–81

1948a Psychiatry in a time of crisis. British Journal of Medical Psychology, XXI: 81–89

1948b Experiences in Groups I. Human Relations, I: 314–320 WRB1: 29–40

1948c Experiences in Groups II. Human Relations, I: 487–496 WRB1: 41–58

1948d Untitled paper read at the International Congress on Mental Health, London, 1948. In vol. III, Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Psychotherapy, 106–109. London: H.K. Lewis & New York: Columbia University Press, 1948

1949a Experiences in Groups III. Human Relations, 2: 13–22 WRB1: 59–75

1949b Experiences in Groups IV. Human Relations, 2: 295–303 WRB1: 77–91

1950a Experiences in Groups V. Human Relations, 3: 3–14 WRB1: 93–114

1950b Experiences in Groups VI. Human Relations, 3: 395–402 WRB1: 115–126

1950c Imaginary Twin, The read to British Psychoanalytic Society Nov 1’50. WRB5: 3–22

1951 Experiences in Groups VII. Human Relations, 4: 221–227 WRB1: 127–137

1952 Group Dynamics: a review. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 33: 235–247 also in Klein, M. et al (Eds.) New Directions in Psychoanalysis, 440–477. London: Tavistock Publications, 1955 WRB1: 141–191

1954 Notes on the Theory of Schizophrenia. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 35: 113–118 WRB5: 23–35

1955 Language and the Schizophrenic in (Eds.) Klein, M. et al. New Directions in Psychoanalysis, 200–239. London: Tavistock Publications, 1955

1956 Development of Schizophrenic Thought. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 37: 344–346 WRB5: 36–42

1957a Differentiation of the Psychotic from the non-Psychotic personalities. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 38: 266–275 WRB5: 43–64

1957b On Arrogance. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 39: 144–146 WRB5: 86–92

1958 On Hallucination. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 39: 341–349 WRB5: 65–85

1959 Attacks on Linking. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 40: 308–315 WRB5: 93–109

1961 Melanie Klein—Obituary (with Herbert Rosenfeld and Hanna Segal). International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 42: 4–8

1962 Psychoanalytic Study of Thinking. International Journal of P...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Preface
• Part 1: Bion’s own writings
• Part 2: Secondary Sources