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This article considers the evolution of Bion's theoretical ideas in the context of unthinkable experiences to which he was subject in World War I. The article considers how war trauma encoded in Bion's theory contributes to the unique way his theory speaks to people in the contemporary world. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article suggests that psychoanalysis can take place both in the private office and out of the office in community-based settings. It provides historical background about the way in which psychoanalysis came to be thought of largely as an office-based practice for an affluent, culturally specific clientele. The article describes efforts at training candidates and students in the use of spontaneously occurring interactions in community-based settings in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, in order to illuminate unconscious interpersonal and intra-psychic dynamics. It suggests that the mentalization fostered by psychoanalytic processing of these interactions can provide an important protective element to an expanded range of people against the inter-generational transmission of trauma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper consists of the online discussion of Nancy Hollander's ‘Psyche, Ideology, and the Creation of the Political Subject’, summarized. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I aim to bring a psychoanalytic perspective to bear on suicide bombing. I argue that our response to suicide bombing, along with horror and condemnation, should include regarding the act as, among other things, a potential communication. I try to look at all sides of the question of whether we should try to understand suicide bombing and suicide bombers. Addressing this question will bring up issues of humanization and dehumanization, how vicious circles of dehumanization develop, and the psychological perils of humanizing, in our minds, suicide bombers. Next, I take up questions of humiliation, to which I believe suicide bombing is a response, with respect to both the oppressed and the oppressors. I will take up the question of what might be communicated by suicide bombing and, finally, I address some of the implications of the line of thinking I develop in this paper. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper consists of a discussion of Neil Altman's ‘Psychoanalysis and war’, which was conducted online through PsyBC in the fall of 2006. Discussants were a group of psychoanalytically oriented thinkers chosen by the author and Nancy Hollander, the author of the other paper included in the discussion. The paper represents the full discussion with only minor edits to correct typographical errors and improve clarity. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author reflects on Mary Tennes's research on intersubjectivity. Tennes's ideas are linked with modern physics and psychoanalysis. To go beyond intersubjectivity, he believes that it is also important to consider the transpersonal in order that intimation and intuitions are linked to other people's psychic reality.

In this commentary, I argue that if humor is to be considered in an intersubjective context, the impact of any comment or action by analyst or patient cannot be predicted with much confidence. An interaction that is experienced by both parties as humorous depends on an unconscious confluence that is largely spontaneous. Efforts to orchestrate a particular outcome to an intervention that is meant to be humorous may well reveal more than was intended, and thus have an unpredictable unconscious resonance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

I consider the psychoanalytic significance of taking account of the historical context, across generations, in which the emotional lives of analysands take shape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this response to Rustin, Goldman, and Schwartz, I note the ways in which their commentaries have stimulated my thinking further. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this discussion of papers by Gillian Straker and Melanie Suchet, the author draws some links between the two papers in the interest of expanding analysts' understanding of the nature of whiteness as part of a racist discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I outline some of the ways in which I believe the psychoanalytic traditions in North America and in Great Britain are influencing each other. I identify points of convergence and divergence at this moment in the evolution of psychoanalytic theory and technique. I then point out some of the implications of relational perspectives in child psychotherapy as this perspective is developing in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this appreciative discussion of Shabad's paper, the author suggests an expanded role for intrapsychic conflict around the passionate drive to grow and change. At the same time, he suggests that the parent or analyst may need to 'suffer passion' him or herself in order to help the patient or child evolve in this way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper develops a contrast between Buddhist and psychoanalytic perspectives on war. I discuss dissociative mechanisms that allow people, soldiers and civilians, to avoid coming to terms emotionally with the horror of war. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides information on the developments in the journal "Psychoanalytic Dialogues." This development widened the membership of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis. Promotions from different positions are also presented in this article including Anthony Bass as the new executive editor, and Steven Cooper and Stephen Seligman as full editors in chief.

Analyzes the trauma that was caused by the terrorist attacks in New York in September 11, 2001. Factors contributing to the onset of trauma; Psychological effects of living with long-term terrorism; Focus on the transference-countertransference implications of a patient and an analysts buffered by the same traumatic events; Implications for psychoanalytic practice.