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The book provides an in-depth discussion of José Bleger's work, broadening current knowledge and focusing on his significant contribution to psychoanalytic thinking. It should prove especially relevant in considering the implications of changes in the treatment setting forced by the Covid pandemic.
List of contents
Series Editor's Foreword
Gabriela Legorreta
Psycho-analysis of the psycho-analytic frame
José BlegerIntroduction
Carlos Moguillansky
Chapter 1. What is the setting after all?
Leopoldo Bleger
Chapter 2. The psychoanalytic setting, embodiment and presence: Exploring José Bleger's concept of
encuadreJohn Churcher
Chapter 3. Psychic equivalency as an aspect of symbiosis
Judy K. Eekhoff
Chapter 4. On the psychoanalytic frame and ambiguity as axes for the study of Bleger's works
Jose E. Fischbein and Susana Vinocur FischbeinChapter 5. On Bleger's view of the psychoanalytic frame: A critical approach
B. Miguel Leivi
Chapter 6. Of things that are not visible: José Bleger: A clinician for our times?
Howard B. Levine
Chapter 7. Thirst for infinity and the analytic frame: Reflections on Bleger and Matte-Blanco
Riccardo Lombardi
Chapter 8. Understanding early experiences: Bleger's contribution to the undifferentiation of early stages
Bernd Nissen
Chapter 9. Revisiting José Bleger's ideas in times of pandemia
Alberto Pieczanski
About the author
Carlos Moguillansky is MD, Master in culture, Training Analyst, Former Scientific Secretary and President of APDEBA. He is a former member of the board of the
International Journal of Psychoanalysis and a current member of the IPA Publications Committee. He has also authored papers and books in Spanish, many of them are translated into English, Armenian, Russian, Portuguese and French.
Howard B. Levine is a member of APSA, PINE, the Contemporary Freudian Society, NYU Post-Doc's Contemporary Freudian Track, and in private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of
Affect, Representation and Language: Between the Silence and the Cry (Routledge 2022) and Editor-in-Chief of the Routledge W.R. Bion Studies Book Series.
Summary
The book provides an in-depth discussion of José Bleger’s work, broadening current knowledge and focusing on his significant contribution to psychoanalytic thinking. It should prove especially relevant in considering the implications of changes in the treatment setting forced by the Covid pandemic.
