
In this book Bion describes his use of the term "alpha-function" to conceptualize how the data of emotional experience is processed and digested. This includes his thinking on "contact barriers" and the bearing of "projective identification" on the genesis of thought.

In this book Bion describes his use of the term alpha-function to conceptualize how the data of emotional experience is processed and digested. This includes his thinking on contact barriers and the bearing of projective identification on the genesis of thought.

'As the problems raised in this book are fundamental to learning they have a long history of investigation and discussion. In phsycho-analytical practice, particularly with patients displaying symptoms of disorders of thought, it becomes clear that psycho-analysis has added a...

In this book Bion describes his use of the term alpha-function to conceptualize how the data of emotional experience is processed and digested. This includes his thinking on contact barriers and the bearing of projective identification on the genesis of thought.
