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Building on Bion: Roots and Branches

Building on Bion: Roots and Branches

Two volume set

Edited by Robert M. Lipgar and Malcolm Pines

Part of the International Library of Group Analysis series

Set: £55.00 / $99.00

2002, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 592pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-731-6, BIC 2: JMAF JMH MMJT

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Preface, Malcolm Pines and Robert M. Lipgar. Introduction, James Grotstein, UCLA, USA. Part I: Working with Groups. 1. Bion's Legacy to Median and Large Groups, Mark F. Ettin, psychotherapist, USA. 2. The Large Group and its Conductor, Gerhard Wilke, group analyst, UK. Part II: Application: Putting Bion's Ideas to Work. 3. From Groups to Group Relations: Bion's Contribution to the Tavistock 'Leicester' Conferences, Mannie Sher, Tavistock Institute. 4. Alcoholics Anonymous as Medical Treatment for Alcoholism: A Group-analytic Perspective on How it Works, Jeffrey D. Roth, psychiatrist, USA. 5. 'Attacks on Linking' and 'Alpha Function' as Two Opposite Elements in the Dynamics of Organizations, Hanna Biran, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 6. Learning at the Edges between Knowing and Not-knowing: 'Translating' Bion, Robert French and Peter Simpson, University of the West of England. 7. Narcissism v. Social-ism Governing Thinking in Social Systems, Gordon Lawrence. Part III: Bion as Pioneer in Thinking, Learning and Transmitting Knowledge. 8. Transcending the Caesura: The Road Towards Insight – from Experiences in Groups to A Memoir of the Future, Lia Pistiner de Cortinas, psychoanalyst, Argentina. 9. 'So you want to write a fugue?' Wilfred R. Bion with Glenn Gould, Jacqueline P. Colombier, analyst, France. 10. Preconception and Realisation: A Constant Conjunction of Theory and Measurement, Steven R. Brown, Kent State University, USA. References. Index.

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