Desiring (with) Bion: an experience in reading
Giffney, Noreen (2013) Desiring (with) Bion: an experience in reading. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis 73 , pp. 288-304. ISSN 0002-9548.
Abstract
This article considers my experience of reading Wilfred R. Bion’s book Learning from experience (1962) and how transference operates in and around his work. I argue that Bion’s work cannot simply be read but must be felt. I highlight the importance of Learning from experience for psychoanalytic practitioners becoming more self-reflexive about our theoretical and clinical practices, but also to bring attention to the process through which many of us come to Bion’s insights “first hand” if you like, which is through his writings, in our position as readers.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Bion, reading experience, desire, enigmatic signifier, performativity |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2015 14:19 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:15 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/11750 |
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