Streams of Consciousness

Notebooks 1974–1990

Christopher Bollas

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Phoenix Publishing House
01 November 2024

Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)

Never originally intended for publication, Streams of Consciousness represent the private stream of ongoing thinking that has accompanied Christopher Bollas' clinical practice and extensive published work. They reflect the complex challenges encountered in the unique world of the psychoanalyst.

As Bollas revisits the received truths and dogmas of his profession including his own prejudices he demonstrates the value of open, intelligent uncertainty. Interspersed with clinical preoccupations, which highlight the richness as well as the bewildering complexity of psychoanalysis, we find other ideas that reflect his early life as political activist, literature professor, and cultural critic. Throughout, the notebooks are enriched by references to the work of numerous writers in many fields who have influenced his thinking.

This work is essential reading for all with an interest in psychoanalysis which will enrich both academic study and clinical practice.

Available in two volumes, Streams of Consciousness: Notebooks 19741990 and Streams of Consciousness: Notebooks 19912024

AUTHOR: Christopher Bollas is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, and Honorary Member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He is a member of ESGUT, the European Study Group of Unconscious Thought.

By: Christopher Bollas
Imprint: Phoenix Publishing House
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 822g
ISBN: 9781800132580
ISBN 10: 1800132581
Pages: 420
Publication Date: 01 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Christopher Bollas is a psychoanalyst and Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytical Studies.

Reviews for Streams of Consciousness: Notebooks 1974–1990

‘Psychoanalysis doesn’t need masters – and yet, by any reckoning, Christopher Bollas is among the most brilliant psychoanalysts of his generation. He is also one of the most inventive, and the publication of his Notebooks is a significant event. Many of the ideas in these volumes will be familiar to Bollas’s wide international readership, many more will not. It takes time and requires close reading to discover the recuring patterns of meaning in this extensive collection of what were originally intended as private notes. The pleasure of discovery is sustained by the often-involuntary layering of associations, resemblances, and allusions. Gradually, as the process of thinking is repeatedly caught in the act of writing, the architecture of Bollas’s thought begins to take shape, affording the reader a valuable insight into the inner workings of an eminent psychoanalytic practitioner.’ -- Steven Groarke, professor emeritus at Roehampton University and a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society