Autistic Transformations
eBook - ePub

Autistic Transformations

Bion's Theory and Autistic Phenomena

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Autistic Transformations

Bion's Theory and Autistic Phenomena

About this book

This book is a collection of articles written between 1992 and 2005 which attempts to bring two universes together - Bion's referential and autistic phenomena. The field of clinical work which the author uses is that of "learning from the emotional experience" (Bion, 1962) and the theory of Transformations (Bion, 1965), a method of observing mental phenomena within this field, which also encompasses the areas of neurosis and psychosis. The author makes use of Tustin's concept (1965) which proposes that the personality has, apart from the neurotic and psychotic parts, an autistic part in which prevails sensations in place of emotions. The author suggests adding an autistic area to the theory of Transformations, proposing a new type of transformation beyond those suggested by Bion: the autistic transformations. The merit of this proposal is to expand Bion's referential to the autistic area, an area dominated by sensations without representation in the mind.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  8. FOREWORD — by Guiseppe Civitarese
  9. PREFACE TO THE BRAZILIAN EDITION
  10. INTRODUCTION
  11. CHAPTER ONE A dissonant duo: report of a child’s analysis — With comments by Frances Tustin
  12. CHAPTER TWO Some thoughts on the psychoanalytic object
  13. CHAPTER THREE Primitive mind and thought
  14. CHAPTER FOUR The theory of transformations and autistic states. — Autistic transformations: a proposal
  15. CHAPTER FIVE The analyst’s mind and autistic transformations
  16. CHAPTER SIX Bion and Tustin: the autistic phenomena and Bion’s referential
  17. REFERENCES
  18. INDEX