Unconscious Logic : An Introduction to Matte Blanco's Bi-Logic and Its Uses

ISBN-13: 9780415127264 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 192 str.

Eric Rayner

Opis

The theories of Matte-Blanco about the structure of the unconscious and the way in which it operates are generally recognized to be the most original since those of Freud, however, the use of terminology from mathematics and logic may make them difficult to access. This is an introduction to Matte-Blanco's key concepts for all those concerned with moving psychoanalytic thinking forward. The author sets out the central ideas in a comprehensive way and then with examples, shows how they relate to clinical practice. He also describes how the ideas are related to those of people in other disciplines such as mathematics, logic, psychology - specifically Piaget, and anthropology. Drawing on the work of people who have been inspired by Matte-Blanco's thinking, ideas for future research in the consulting room are provided.

Recenzje

"Now at last we have a good introduction to Matte Blanco's ideas written by Eric Rayner which makes this very different psychoanalytic perspective relatively easy to understand. He explains new concepts step by step but, more importantly, he gives many clinical illustrations of logical ideas. But firstly, who is Matte Blanco?" - British Journal of Psychotherapy

"... let me say that Unconscious Logic is a very good introduction to Matte Blanco's bi-logic. The psychotherapist nervous of logic may find that they understand much more logic than they thought. But more than this they will find in bi-logic a method of connecting diverse discilplines as well as a new approach to clinical material." - British Journal of Psychotherapy

Spis treści

Acknowledgements. The Background. Feeling and Thinking. Logic Symmetry, Bi-logic and the Unconscious. Bi-logic and Freud's Characteristics of the Unconscious. Bi-logic, Affects and Infinite Sets. Psychic Structure, Space and Dimensionality. Bi-logic and Central Psychoanalytic Concepts. The Therapeutic Process. Bi-logic, a Crossroads Between Disciplines? Complex Systems, Mathematical Chaos and Bi-logic. Final Summary.

O autorze

Eric Rayner is a psychoanalyst in private practice in London and training analyst at the Institute of Psycho-analysis, London.