Main description:

In this magisterial work, the author almost encyclopaedically reviews all of Bion's works and does so from the perspective (vertex) of the aesthetic dimension. She scans virtually all the essential elements of Bion's contributions and then details them at length, giving unusual clarifications as she does so..'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 Bion's more recondite themes.'- James Grotstein MD, Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, from his Preface

Contents:

Preface , Preface to the Spanish Edition , Introduction: the aesthetic dimension of the mind and becoming oneself , The psychic birth of emotional experience: the mental equipment for making contact and understanding the psychic reality , Dreams and lies: the discovery of psychic reality and the aesthetic dimension of the mind , Prenatal aspects of the mind: science and fiction in the psychoanalytical game , Approaching truth and catastrophic change , Traversing caesuras and mental growth: a scientific exploration of insight , Some thoughts on the extension of the psychoanalytic field in A Memoir of the Future , 2001: A Space Odyssey , The frozen autistic desert and the capacity to play: development of the aesthetic dimension of the mind , The gift of language in the autistic world: an exploration , Glossary of some Bionian terms