Winnicotts Letter to Bion - Playing, Dreaming, and Beyond

Winnicott's Letter to Bion presents reflections on a fascinating moment in the history of psychoanalytic thinking.

List of contents

Series editor's Foreword
Foreword

1. Nicola Abel-Hirsch, Bion's Letter
2. Leslie Caldwell, Imagining Engagement
3. Giuseppe Civitarese, Melanie Klein would not allow this: Winnicott's Shadowboxing in his letter to Bion, October 5, 1967
4. Steven H. Cooper, Winnicott's Paradox: Being With and Without Memory and Desire
5. Paulo Fabozzi, Winnicott's Research: Between Parallel Convergences and Uniqueness
6. Jack Foehl, Pluperfect Errands in the Controversial Discussions of Bion
7. Peter Goldberg, 'On the question of the sensuous in Winnicott/Bion
8. Robert D. Hinshelwood, Winnicott to Bion - Reflections on Winnicott's Letter
9. Christopher Lovett, On Not Playing with Winnicott: A Not-So-Curious Case of Non-Communication
10. Mauro Manica, An oracle (perhaps a miracle) at the British Psychoanalytical Society: Winnicott's Letter to Bion of 5 October 1967
11. Elena Molinari, Reading what is not in a book: Dreaming and playing with words
12. Michael Parsons, What Life Itself is About
13. Bruce Reis, Winnicott and Bion: Communicating and Not Communicating
14. Steve Seligman, 'Holding and Containing: Winnicott, Bion and Klein on Infancy and the Infantile

About the author

Steven H. Cooper is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and the Columbia Centre for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. A recipient of the JAPA Prize in 1989, he is also Chief Editor Emeritus of Psychoanalytic Dialogues. He is the author of numerous papers and seven books on psychoanalysis.
Christopher G. Lovett trained at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, where he currently serves on the faculty. A former member of the editorial boards of The International Journal of Psychoanalysis and The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, he maintains a private practice in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Steven H. (Massachusetts Institute for Psy Cooper
• Assisted by: Cooper Steven H. (Editor), Christopher G. Lovett (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032819235
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3281923-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: The International Psychoanalytical Association International Psychoanalysis Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Psychology: states of consciousness, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Sleep & dreams, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis