Unconscious Logic: An Introduction to Matte Blanco's Bi-Logic and Its Uses (The New Library of Psychoanalysis) - Hardcover
While the theories of Matte Blanco about the structure of the unconscious and the way in which it operates are generally recognised to be the most original since those of Freud, for many people the ways in which his ideas are expressed, including the use of terminology from mathematics and logic, make them difficult of access.
Eric Rayner has written the first clear introduction to Matte Blanco's key concepts for psychotherapists and psychoanalysts and all those concerned with moving psychoanalytic thinking forward. He sets out the central ideas in a way which is easy to understand and then shows, with examples, how they relate to clinical practice. He also describes how the ideas are related to those of people in other disciplines - mathematics, logic, psychology (specifically Piaget), and anthropology, among others.
Drawing on the work of a group of people who have been inspired by Matte Blanco's thinking to extend their own ideas and test them out in the consulting room, this book reveals the significance of Matte Blanco's thought for future research.
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"Now at last we have a good introduction to Matte Blanco's ideas written by Eric Rayner which makes this very different psychoanalytic perspective relatively easy to understand. He explains new concepts step by step but, more importantly, he gives many clinical illustrations of logical ideas. But firstly, who is Matte Blanco?" - British Journal of Psychotherapy
"... let me say that Unconscious Logic is a very good introduction to Matte Blanco's bi-logic. The psychotherapist nervous of logic may find that they understand much more logic than they thought. But more than this they will find in bi-logic a method of connecting diverse discilplines as well as a new approach to clinical material." - British Journal of Psychotherapy
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"... let me say that Unconscious Logic is a very good introduction to Matte Blanco's bi-logic. The psychotherapist nervous of logic may find that they understand much more logic than they thought. But more than this they will find in bi-logic a method of connecting diverse discilplines as well as a new approach to clinical material." - British Journal of Psychotherapy
The theories of Matte-Blanco about the structure of the unconscious and the way in which it operates are generally recognized to be the most original since those of Freud, however, the use of terminology from mathematics and logic may make them difficult to access. This is an introduction to Matte-Blanco's key concepts for all those concerned with moving psychoanalytic thinking forward. The author sets out the central ideas in a comprehensive way and then with examples, shows how they relate to clinical practice. He also describes how the ideas are related to those of people in other disciplines such as mathematics, logic, psychology - specifically Piaget, and anthropology. Drawing on the work of people who have been inspired by Matte-Blanco's thinking, ideas for future research in the consulting room are provided.
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0415127254
- ISBN 13 9780415127257
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Gut. XII, 180 p. Ex library copy (formally discarded), therefore minor traces of handling and library stamps. - Contents Acknowledgements 1 The background 2 Feeling and thinking The historical division between feeling and thinking Freud and logic Logic and psychoanalysis Logic and thought Logical truthfulness Emotional truthfulness Susanne Langer, symbolization and metaphor A view of emotion Location and recognition 3 Logic, symmetry, bi-logic and the unconscious The unconscious and generalization Asymmetry and symmetry The principle of symmetry and the unconscious The symmetrization of thoughtful propositions into symmetrical logic Accentuation of both symmetries and asymmetries in the unconscious Examples of symmetry and asymmetry Some modalities in which symmetrization can ordinarily occur Bi-logical dialectic and bi-modality Hierarchical levels of classification Intersubjective symmetrization 4 Bi-logic and Freud's characteristics of the unconscious Characteristics of the unconscious Negation The unconscious, abstraction, propositional functions and predicate thinking Some clinical illustrations using bi-logic 5 Bi-logic, affects and infinite sets The concept of infinity Infinite experiences Unrcpressed unconscious as infinite sets The unconscious dealing in extremes Emotion, infinity and thought A phenomenological-psychoanalytical-logical approach The first component of emotion The timeness of thinking and 'timelessness' of feeling The second component of emotion: thinking Discussion 6 Psychic structure, space and dimensionality The stratified bi-logical structure The fundamental antinomy of being and world Space and mind Conclusions so far Possible emotional dimensions of the unconscious Three clinical examples of dimensionality Dimensionality of objects and the internal world 7 Bi-logic and central psychoanalytic concepts The sense organs and symmetrization Motive, drive, instinct and bi-logic Libidinal development The mechanisms of defence Love, hate and fantasy Emotion and unconscious Freud's id, ego and super-ego The self Objects and object relations 8 The therapeutic process The unfolding function in psychoanalytic therapy The quantum intellect-emotion Further suggestions about therapy arising out of bi-logic Some case illustrations Examples from psychoanalytic psychotherapy Conclusion 9 Bi-logic, a crossroads between disciplines? Piaget Lévi-Strauss Bateson Edelman Bion Conclusion 10 Complex systems, mathematical chaos and bi-logic Complex systems Mathematical chaos theory Unpredictability in living beings Chaos theory and psychoanalysis Mathematical chaos, unpredictability, infinity and bi-logic 11 Final summary References Name index Subject index. ISBN 9780415127257 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 405. Seller Inventory # 1236274
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