Explorations in Bion's 'O': Everything We Know Nothing About [Paperback]

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 Bions ideas and those of Winnicott, Lacan, Green and Freud.

Featuring contributions from some of the worlds 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.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I

EVERYTHING WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT

1 BION CROSSES THE RUBICON - The Fateful Course - and Curse - of O in Psychoanalysis and the Furies Left in its Wake

2 O - Bions Catch-22

3 Wilfred Bions Los Angeles Seminars (9167): A Gateway to Contemporary

Kleinian Technique

4 Between Emotion and Evolution