ABSTRACT
Wilfred Bion described "O" as "the unknowable and the unreachable ultimate truth". In this fascinating collection, a range of authors offer their own theoretical, clinical and artistic approaches to exploring this enduring but mysterious idea.
Drawn from contributions from the 8th International Bion Conference in 2014, the book examines how "O" can be experienced in all aspects of internal and external reality and within all relationships, from an individual relating to the mother to their emotional relationship with their self. It features insights into "O" drawn from the area of faith as well as its manifestations in clinical practice, while also included is a chapter exploring the links between Bion’s ideas and those of Winnicott, Lacan, Green and Freud.
Featuring contributions from some of the world’s leading Bion scholars, this will be essential reading for any psychoanalyst interested in exploring the concept of "O", as well as scholars in philosophy and theology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section I|24 pages
Everything we know nothing about
chapter 1|14 pages
Bion crosses the Rubicon
section II|12 pages
Bion’s journey toward O
chapter 3|10 pages
Wilfred Bion’s Los Angeles Seminars (1967)
section III|37 pages
Transformation and O
chapter 6|8 pages
Writing and transmission in Bion
section IV|14 pages
Faith and O
section V|32 pages
Catastrophe, catastrophic change and O
chapter 10|12 pages
Beyond the spectrum
chapter 11|4 pages
The girl who gave me a kiss on the finger
section VI|37 pages
Caesura and O
chapter 15|6 pages
The caesura
section VII|46 pages
Creativity and O
chapter 19|6 pages
Selective precise induction of numbing deadening narcosis by primitive superego sources
section VIII|56 pages
Freud, Klein, Winnicott, Lacan and O
section IX|38 pages
O in the consulting room
section X|12 pages
Epilogue
