Cogitations

by Wilfred R. Bion

Cogitations, the last of the posthumous publications, is a collection of occasional writings representing Bion's attempts to clarify and evaluate both his own ideas and those of others by casting them in written form and frequently addressing them to an imaginary audience. Covering a period between February 1958 and April 1979, Cogitations delves into a wide range of material - psychoanalysis and science, mathematics and logic, literature and semantics. Some form a background to Bion's theoretical development, showing the doubts and arguments leading to the ideas expressed in his books, others highlighting and detailing some of the more abstract points in them, and some exploring topics destined for books that were to remain unwritten.

Genres: Psychology

426 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the most insightful book on psychoanalysis I've come across so far. I appreciate Bion for opening up with his insider's perspective.

I don't have a meaningful interest in psychoanalysis, it merely fascinates me as a curiosity, so I liked his insights as well as his amusing sense of wordplay.