The Language of Bion: A Dictionary of Concepts - Hardcover

Sandler, P.C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1855753669 ISBN 13: 9781855753662

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

This well-organized dictionary contains entries built with an assembly of quotations and re-arrangement of Bion's texts, in the manner of Laplanche and Pontalis' "The Language of Psychoanalysis". The history and meaning of all Bion's concepts are shown in the entries, as well as research into their historical origins. The author does not try to convey his own reading of Bion's work but rather he presents the work as it is. However Dr Sandler does include his own insightful comments in-between entries in order to clarify certain issues. This dictionary will prove to be indispensable in improving comprehension of W.R. Bion's often obscure and difficult concepts.

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New in paperbackThe entries in this dictionary are presented as an assembly of quotations and re-arrangement of Bion's texts, in the manner The Language of Psychoanalysis by Laplanche and Pontalis. The history and meaning of all Bion's concepts are shown in the entries, as well as research into their historical origins.

About the Author

Paulo Cesar Sandler, MD, MSc, MhFAB, is a Training Analyst at the Sociedade Brasileira de Psicanalise de Sao Paulo, Psychiatrist at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IMREA) at the Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, and author of several books in Portuguese. He has written many papers and book chapters, some of which have been published in English and French. He has translated most of Bion's books and papers into Portuguese and has organized several international meetings on the work of Bion. Dr Sandler currently teaches in a post-graduate course at the University of Sao Paulo, and at the Institute of Psycho-Analysis of the SBPSP, giving courses about the work of Freud, Klein and Bion. He has worked in private psychoanalytic practice since 1974, having previously worked with psychotics in a traditional in-patient clinic, as well as in group-oriented community psychiatry, including epidemiology of mental disorders, in the local Public Health School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1855753669
• ISBN 13: 9781855753662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 866