1st Edition
Bion's Transformations Revisited and Expanded Essays on the Complexity of Psychoanalysis
In this illuminating volume, Arnaldo Chuster provides a thorough critique of Wilfred Bion's seminal 1965 work, Transformations.
Offering a rich and nuanced opportunity to enhance one's understanding of this pivotal psychoanalytic text, Chuster establishes a link between the practice of psychoanalysis and Bion's advanced theory, including the key challenges he encountered in the clinical setting with patients. Working through Transformations, Chuster embarks on a courageous journey to follow Bion's path in creating a dialogue between multiple disciplines, explicating and expanding upon the core concepts of different types of transformation. Chuster recognizes Transformations as a pivotal point in Bion's publications, highlighting the profound manifestations of complex thinking it exhibits. Following the complexities of Bion's ideas, the book offers invaluable insights and expansions on topics such as ethics, aesthetics, and their application in imaginative conjectures, while also providing a rigorous discussion on the scientific foundations of Bion's work.
Chuster's innovative perspectives and dedication to the work of Bion make this book a must-read for all psychoanalysts interested in demystifying the often convoluted work of this most eminent analyst and bringing his insightful theories into the 21st century.
1. A Manifesto in Favor of the Psychoanalytic Imagination 2.General Ideas on Transformations 3. Bion’s Advanced Ideas on the Psychoanalytic Use of Functions 4. Catastrophic Change 5.Why Only Four Transformations Inside the Psychoanalytic Field? 6. Transformations, Time, and Space 7. Turbulence and Catastrophic Change 8. Catastrophic Change and Cultural Possibilities 9. Exploring Complexity: Functions of the Psychoanalytic Object in Analysis 10.Realization: The Complex Transformation of Pre-Conception to Conception 11.The Ethical-Aesthetical Principle of Uncertainty: Cultivating New Spaces for Thinking 12.The Spectrum Model (Open System) and the Diverse Grids 13.Transformation in ‘O’: A Never-ending Transformation 14.The Myth of Satan: An Ethical-Aesthetical Model of Transformation in ‘O’ 15.Transformations in Hallucinosis: An Utmost Clinical Challenge 16.Always ‘O’: Ontology and Epistemology
Biography
Arnaldo Chuster is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Rio de Janeiro Psychoanalytic Society (SPRJ), affiliated with the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA), as well as a member of the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute (NPI) in California, and an honorary member and Professor at the W.R. Bion Institute, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Elahe Sagart is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with a private practice in Newport Beach, California. She specializes in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychoanalysis and serves as a core faculty member at the New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP) in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Sagart is a member of both the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA). She is also the founder of the Rustin Psychoanalytic Group in Tehran, Iran.
