This book consists of a selection of psychoanalytic works that discuss a variety of theoretical and clinical issues within the perspective of the growing body of Bionian studies.
Sabbadini, Preface. Foreword. 'Caesura' as Bion's discourse on method. Under the cover of darkness. The burning body: The perception of psychic qualities and hypochondria. The cat's eyes: Internal focalization and casting in the psychoanalytic dialogue. The equation analysis/painting and the aesthetics of the real. Aesthetic conflict and the ¿ function. The analyst's internal setting and its discontent. From the mystical writing pad to the ¿ function: Metaphors of text and translation in Freud and Bion.
Giuseppe Civitarese is a psychiatrist with a PhD in psychiatry and relational sciences. He is a member of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI) and of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), both affiliated to the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA). His previous publications include The Intimate Room: Theory and Technique of the Analytic Field.