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W.R. Bion, Papers and lectures, 1970s

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RG-40.01, W.R. Bion, Problem of Observation in Therapy, a tape transcript,  ca 1976

RG-40.02, W.R. Bion, Tape transcription, March 21, 1976

RG-40.03, J.O. Wisdom, Bion's Place in Troika, a lecture, 1985



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Title: W.R. Bion, Papers and lectures, 1970s, 1976 -- 1985Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates:1976 --- 1985

ID: RG - 40/RG-- 40

Primary Creator: W.R. Bion (1970s -- 1980s)

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Subjects: A state of not thinking clearly, postulate, W.R. Bion, Conjectures of observation, ideation and discourse, W.R. Bion, Kleinian theory of children psychoanalysis, discourse, W.R. Bion, behaving in a civilized manner does not help to stand up against barbarism, W.R. Bion, civilized person is under pressure to become uncivilized, W. R. Bion, discourse of observation, lecture, W.R. Bion, emotional situation is a very powerful one, W.R. Bion, Hermeneutic of Bloody Cunt, discourse, W.R. Bion, Is a fetus at full term a character and personality or not, discourse, W.R. Bion, narrative and philosophical discourse, W.R. Bion, papers and lectures, W.R. Bion, Philosophy of Caesura, W.R. Bion, Psychosomatic disorders or smapsychotic disorders, take your choice, discourse, W.R. Bion, tape transcription, March 21, 1976, W.R. Bion, the answer is misfortune for the question, discourse, W.R. Bion, you may forget that you are dealing with a suffering person who wants help, W.R. Bion about Melanie Klein, W.R. Bion with regard to the Kleinian Theory

Languages: English

Abstract

This Collection reflects the documents related to W.R. Bion's California period, 1970s -- 1980s

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Bion is best known for the work stemming from his psychoanalysis of patients in psychotic states, by building on and expanding Klein’s concepts of projective identification and the two positions, paranoid-schizoid and depressive, in dynamic equilibrium, and by introducing the notion of Container-Contained (♀ ♂); and by elaborating a theory of thinking with emotional experience at its core. His best-known work, in addition to Experiences in Groups and other papers, are the four books of the sixties - Learning from Experience, Elements of Psycho-Analysis, Transformations, and Attention and Interpretation.

This Collection contains documents related to his California period, 1970s – 1980s.

Collection Historical Note

Historical notes,

Wilfred Bion (1897-1979) was born in Muttra, northwest India, and was educated at boarding school in England - where he was unhappy, missing his parents, his Aya and the India he loved.

He fought in France in the Tank Regiment during the First World War and was awarded the DSO (Distinguished Service Order), and, by the French Government, the Légion d'Honneur.

After the war Bion took History at Queen's College, Oxford and later went on to study medicine at University College London. After qualifying as a doctor, he spent seven years at the Tavistock Clinic in London, training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. While there he saw Samuel Beckett for therapeutic interviews. In 1938 he began his first training analysis with John Rickman. This was brought to an end by the outbreak of the Second World War, during which Bion worked with traumatised soldiers in military hospitals.

Around 1946 Bion entered into training analysis with Melanie Klein, and he became a full Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society in 1950.

Bion married twice and had three children; his daughter Parthenope went on to become a gifted analyst in Italy. In 1968, at the age of 71, Bion moved to California. He returned to England shortly before his death in 1979.

Bion’s work and development of Kleinian concepts

While studying at UCL Bion met Wilfred Trotter, another physician interested in the workings of the mind. Trotter’s Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War (1) was an important influence on Bion's interest in group mentality.

Bion’s work with traumatized soldiers during the Second World War, and his role working with Officer Selection Boards, helped form the basis of his ideas expressed later in the papers published as Experiences in Groups.

Bion is best known for the work stemming from his psychoanalysis of patients in psychotic states, by building on and expanding Klein’s concepts of projective identification and the two positions, paranoid-schizoid and depressive, in dynamic equilibrium, and by introducing the notion of Container-Contained (♀ ♂); and by elaborating a theory of thinking with emotional experience at its core. His best-known work, in addition to Experiences in Groups and other papers, are the four books of the sixties - Learning from Experience, Elements of Psycho-Analysis, Transformations, and Attention and Interpretation.

Bion considered that the development of his ideas concerning the inner world of the individual, particularly in relation to thinking and primitive unconscious phantasy, incorporated and transformed his earlier ideas about group mentality. However, he did not receive support from Melanie Klein for the latter ideas, nor for his explanation of countertransference in terms of an expanded version of Klein’s concept of projective identification.

W.R. Bion in the 1970s and 1980s lived and worked in California. This time is known as his California period. He was partially affiliated with Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

Biographical Note

<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In 1968, Bion moved to </span>Los Angeles<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span>California<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">,</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> where he remained until 1977. During those years he mentored a number of psychoanalysts interested in Kleinian approaches, including </span>James Gooch (psychoanalyst)<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and other founding members of the </span>Psychoanalytic Center of California

Subject/Index Terms

A state of not thinking clearly, postulate, W.R. Bion
Conjectures of observation, ideation and discourse, W.R. Bion
Kleinian theory of children psychoanalysis, discourse
W.R. Bion, behaving in a civilized manner does not help to stand up against barbarism
W.R. Bion, civilized person is under pressure to become uncivilized
W. R. Bion, discourse of observation, lecture
W.R. Bion, emotional situation is a very powerful one
W.R. Bion, Hermeneutic of Bloody Cunt, discourse
W.R. Bion, Is a fetus at full term a character and personality or not, discourse
W.R. Bion, narrative and philosophical discourse
W.R. Bion, papers and lectures
W.R. Bion, Philosophy of Caesura
W.R. Bion, Psychosomatic disorders or smapsychotic disorders, take your choice, discourse
W.R. Bion, tape transcription, March 21, 1976
W.R. Bion, the answer is misfortune for the question, discourse
W.R. Bion, you may forget that you are dealing with a suffering person who wants help
W.R. Bion about Melanie Klein
W.R. Bion with regard to the Kleinian Theory

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[Item 1: RG-40.01, W.R. Bion, Problem of Observation in Therapy, a tape transcript,  ca 1976, ca 1976],
[Item 2: RG-40.02, W.R. Bion, Tape transcription, March 21, 1976, March 21, 1976],
[Item 3: RG-40.03, J.O. Wisdom, Bion's Place in Troika, a lecture, 1985, 1985],
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Item 1: RG-40.01, W.R. Bion, Problem of Observation in Therapy, a tape transcript,  ca 1976, ca 1976Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Observation as a discourse, philosphy of observation
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W.R. Bion, Kleinian Exploration in Human Intimacy No. 9. Problem of Observation in Therapy, 1976
Conjectures of observation, ideation and discourse, W.R. Bion
W.R. Bion, behaving in a civilized manner does not help to stand up against barbarism
W.R. Bion, civilized person is under pressure to become uncivilized
W. R. Bion, discourse of observation, lecture
W.R. Bion, narrative and philosophical discourse
W.R. Bion, papers and lectures
W.R. Bion about Melanie Klein
W.R. Bion with regard to the Kleinian Theory
Wilfred Bion, qualities of courage, individuality and unassailable integrity
Wilfred Bion, scholar, psychoanalyst
Documents from the NCP Archive, W.R. Bion
Powerful emotions prevent from thinking clearly, W.R. Bion
An ordinary conversation may cause one being overwhelmed, W.R. Bion
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W.R. Bion (1970s -- 1980s)
Item 2: RG-40.02, W.R. Bion, Tape transcription, March 21, 1976, March 21, 1976Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Philosophy of Caesura, discourse
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W.R. Bion, Philosophy of Caesura
W.R. Bion, Psychosomatic disorders or smapsychotic disorders, take your choice, discourse
W.R. Bion, Hermeneutic of Bloody Cunt, discourse
W.R. Bion, visualization of fear as thalamic fear, discourse
Documents from the NCP Archive, W.R. Bion
W.R. Bion, the answer is misfortune for the question, discourse
Creators:
W.R. Bion (1970s -- 1980s)
Item 3: RG-40.03, J.O. Wisdom, Bion's Place in Troika, a lecture, 1985, 1985Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Dr. J.O. Wisdon, reflections on W.R. Bion's works, methodolgy and mindest, 1985
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J.O. Wisdom, reflections on W.R. Bion's work, methodology and mindset, lecture, 1985
Narratives about W.R. Bion, presentations and literary works
J.O. Wisdom, personal recollection of W.R. Bion
On the Bion's subject of groups by J.O. Wisdom, lecture, 1985
W.R. Bion, staggering existence in the First World War
W.R. Bion, subjectivity of the groups, discourse by J.O. Wisdom
W.R. Bion sense of ambivalence, by J.O. Wisdom
W.R. Bion, narrative of observation by J.O. Wisdom
W.R. Bion, invariance of transformation with regard to theoretical constructs, by J.O. Wisdom
Hanna Segal, one of Bion's close colleagues
J.O. Wisdom, historiography of W.R. Bion
Document of J.O. Wisdom in the NCP Archive
Documents from the NCP Archive, W.R. Bion
Creators:
J.O. Wisdom, Dr. Professor, philosophy, psychology (1980s)


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