The Dictionary Of The Work Of W.r. Bion

Lopez Corvo prelims final 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 1 1 CHAPTER TITLE 111 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 THE DICTIONARY OF THE WORK OF W. R. BION Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 511 6 7 8 9 311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 2 Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 3 THE DICTIONARY OF THE WORK OF W. R. BION Rafael E. López-Corvo KARNAC Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 5 To my wife, Ana Milagros, and my grandchildren, Ashley Katalina and Adrian Rafael Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 511 6 7 8 9 311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 6 Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 7 CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Signs Author’s Foreword vii xiii xv Introduction The Dictionary of the Work of W. R. Bion Bibliography 1 19 319 vii Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 511 6 7 8 9 311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 8 Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude for the help and encouragement in the preparation of this work, I received from associates of the study group on Bion’s work, integrated by members of the Venezuelan Psychoanalytical Association: Gonzalo González, Osea Lombardi de Gustuti, Marilucía Castellanos de Maestres, Ana Milagros Pérez Morazzani, Paolo Polito Di Sabato and Nancy Segarra. I am also extremely grateful to Lucía Morabito Gómez, for her laborious effort in translating, correcting and reviewing most of this work. Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 511 6 7 8 9 311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 10 Lopez Corvo prelims final 111 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 911 22/9/03 1:37 pm Page 11 ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS —.-> ba baD baA baF Cs*    D = F H* I* >-)-= K* K() L* Advance of no-breast* through the horizontal axis of the Grid* basic assumption* (See: text) basic assumption of Dependence* (See: text) basic assumption of Pairing* (See: text) basic assumption of Flight-fight* (See: text) Awareness. (See: text) Container Contained Container–contained* (See text) Depressive position Equivalent to. (See: Bion 1992, p. 54) Act of Faith* (See: text) Hate Idea* (See: text) Implies, means ( See: Bion 1992, pp. 58–59) Knowledge (See: text) Formula representing a relation between constant K and a non-saturated element: * Love xi Lopez Corvo prelims final xii 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 511 6 7 8 9 311 1 2 3