{"title":"Wilfred R. Bion","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilfred R. Bion's works delve deeply into the intricacies of the human mind, blending philosophy and psychology with a profound insight into emotional experience. Readers can explore transformative ideas that challenge conventional thought and offer new ways to understand mental processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom reflective explorations of personal and collective conflict to theoretical developments in psychoanalysis, Bion’s writings invite contemplation and intellectual engagement. His collection is essential for those drawn to the complexities of the psyche and the dynamics of inner transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"transformations-by-wilfred-r-bion-9780946439072","title":"Transformations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransformations\u003c\/em\u003e continues the investigation of various aspects of psychoanalytic theory and practice which Bion commenced with \u003cem\u003eLearning from Experience\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) and pursued in \u003cem\u003eElements of Psychoanalysis\u003c\/em\u003e (1963).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this third work published in 1965, Bion examines the ways in which the analyst's description of the original analytic experience, mediated by theory, necessarily transforms it in the course of effecting an interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608212750572,"sku":"9780946439072","price":84.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780946439072-transformations.jpg?v=1778190012"},{"product_id":"war-memoirs-1917-1919-by-wilfred-r-bion-9781782203582","title":"War Memoirs 1917-1919","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar Memoirs 1917-1919\u003c\/em\u003e by Wilfred R. Bion is perhaps the most exceptional piece of autobiography yet written by a psychoanalyst. The first section of the book is documentary, consisting of the entire text of the diaries which Bion wrote as a young man to record his experiences on the Western Front from 1917-1919. This volume also includes the photographs and diagrams with which he illustrated his recollections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe diaries are followed by two later essays, in which he reflects upon his wartime experiences. Wilfred Bion has long been renowned as one of the great psychoanalysts, with his career spanning much of the twentieth century and making him one of the most influential names in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBion's war diary, which he kept with him during combat, covered his years fighting in France during the First World War. He was just twenty years old when he began writing it. \u003cem\u003eWar Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e constitutes the final part of Bion's autobiography. It comprised three hardbound notebooks written soon after he had been demobilised from the Army and had begun his studies at Queen's College, Oxford. He wrote it for his parents as compensation for having found it impossible to write to them during the war. It has been aptly described by Winship (1999) as a \"book about the blood and guts of a youth who cut his teeth in the most devastating of circumstances\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe actions he describes in \u003cem\u003eWar Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e are terrifying and detailed. They form the basis for his later understanding, as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, of the inner torments faced by the patients he treated. In \u003cem\u003eBand of Brigands: The First Men in Tanks\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), Christy Campbell, referring to a segment of Bion's descriptions, wrote: \"Bion... looks repeatedly at how sentient human beings continue to operate when everything around them is dissolving into violent chaos\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany years later, Bion returned to his youth and penned two pieces reflecting upon his time at war, which make up the second part of this book. These meditations are influenced by his psychoanalytic training and show how his approach to psychoanalysis was influenced by his wartime experiences. Together, these diaries and essays provide an extraordinarily vivid and moving picture of war and its long-term effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608248238316,"sku":"9781782203582","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/62c95f5521996c5f9346b4a9ad8a7a25.jpg?v=1778201478"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/wilfred-r-bion.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}