Unconscious Logic: An Introduction to Matte Blanco's Bi-Logic and Its Uses (The New Library of Psychoanalysis) - Softcover

Rayner, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415127262 ISBN 13: 9780415127264

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

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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Review:

"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

Synopsis:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0415127262
• ISBN 13: 9780415127264
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192