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Author Pistiner de Cortiñas, Lia.

Title The aesthetic dimension of the mind : variations on a theme of Bion / Lia Pistiner de Cortiñas.

Publication Info. London : Karnac, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 308 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE SPANISH EDITION; Introduction: the aesthetic dimension of the mind and becoming oneself; CHAPTER ONE The psychic birth of emotional experience: the mental equipment for making contact and understanding the psychic reality; CHAPTER TWO Dreams and lies: the discovery of psychic reality and the aesthetic dimension of the mind; CHAPTER THREE Prenatal aspects of the mind: science and fiction in the psychoanalytical game; CHAPTER FOUR Approaching truth and catastrophic change.
Summary 'This work constitutes an outstanding piece of Bion scholarship and interpretation. One comes away from it with a deep appreciation for the authors dreaming of Bion's work and for the light she has shined on many of Bions more recondite themes.'- James Grotstein MD, Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine.
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Subject Bion, Wilfred R. (Wilfred Ruprecht), 1897-1979.
Bion, Wilfred R. (Wilfred Ruprecht), 1897-1979.
Bion, Wilfred R., 1897-1979 Bion, Wilfred Ruprecht.
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects.
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis.
Esthetics -- psychology.
Psychoanalytic Interpretation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pistiner de Cortiñas, Lia. Aesthetic dimension of the mind. London : Karnac, 2009 (DLC) 2010286292
ISBN 1849406901 (electronic book)
9781849406901 (electronic book)
9781855756120 (paperback)
1855756129 (paperback)