Clinical Seminars & Other Works

355 Pages·1994·7.677 MB·English

by  Wilfred R. Bion

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CLINICAL SEMINARS
and other works

CLINICAL SEMINARS

and other works

Wilfred R. Bion
edited by
Francesco. Bion
London
KARNAC BOOKS
This edition published in 1994 by
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Clinical Seminars and Four Papers
first published 1987 by Fleetwood Press
Copyright © 1987 The Estate of W. R. Bion
Four Discussions
first published 1978 by Clunie Press
Copyright © 1978 The Estate of W. R. Bion
The rights of Wilfred R. Bion to be identified as author of this work
have been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright
Design and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bion, Wilfred, R.
Clinical Seminars and Other Works—New
ed
I. Title
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ISBN: 978 1 85575 061 6
Printed in Great Britain by BPC Wheatons Ltd, Exeter
CONTENTS

PART ONE

Clinical seminars 1

Brasilia (1975) 3

Contributions to panel discussions:

Brasilia, A New Experience (1975) 131

Sao Paulo (1978) 141

PART TWO

Four discussions (1976) 241

PART THREE

Four papers 293

Emotional turbulence (1976) 295

On a quotation from Freud (1976) 306

Evidence (1976) 312

Making the best of a badj ob (1979) 321

BION'S WORKS 333

INDEX 337

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CLINICAL SEMINARS
and other works

PART ONE
CLINICAL SEMINARS
EDITOR'S NOTE
In 1975 Wilfred Bion and I were invited by Professor Virginia
Bicudo to spend the month of April in Brasilia. During that
time Bion worked with individuals and groups, gave three
lectures at the university, and took part in three panel discus­
sions (entitled 'Brasilia, A New Experience') at the Buriti Palace
to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the city.
Panel members, representing the arts and sciences, dealt with
aspects of the character of the city and the problems involved
in forming and developing a new community. I have included
his contributions to these discussions.
In April 1978 we spent two weeks in Sao Paulo—our third
visit. Bion held fifty clinical seminars, daily consultations, and
ten evening meetings (published in Bion in New York and Sao
Paulo). Such a volume of work demonstrates his remarkable
vigour and stamina at the age of eighty.
These clinical seminars, at which Bion preferred the
number of analysts present not to exceed six, were all recorded.
I am grateful to those responsible for having made possible this
printed version.