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Breakthrough

  • Bion's investigation focused on the clinically observable field of psychoanalysis and a description of its rules of transformations. Analytic observation has as its objective the discovery of connections and objects not previously observed, and therefore it necessitates breaking pre-existing meaning configurations. The discovery of a new meaning requires not only integration, but also a shift toward disintegration. Rupturing the protection of common sense, rationality, and consensus entails >a catastrophic impact with the true experience of the self,< and it is therefore obstructed by the individual and by the group, who consider it dangerous for their own survival. And not wrongfully so. We cannot know in advance, Bion affirms, if that impact will involve a break-up, a breakdown or a breakthrough – a disturbing perspective that is replete with consequences for theory and technique.

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Author:Fernando Riolo
Parent Title (English):International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 18 (No. 2, 2009), pp. 071-076.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2009
Release Date:2019/03/04
Format:PDF-file upon request / PDF-Datei auf Anfrage
IdNo:Riolo_F_2009
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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