The seventh servant: The implications of a truth drive in Bion's theory of 'O'

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1081-1101

  Grotstein, James S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha element; Alpha function; Beta element; Bion; Contact barrier; Evolution; Infinity; O; Transformation; Truth drive; Truth principle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DREAMING; DRIVE; EGO; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FANTASY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTUITION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLICATION; THINKING;

EID: 7744225381     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/JU9M-1TK1-54QJ-LWTP     Document Type: Article

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