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Transforming at-one-ment: Spielrein, Jung, Bion
1Univ. of Kent, Canterbury.
Abstract:
To remedy the relative neglect of the contribution of Sabina Spielrein to psychoanalysis this article details her early life, psychiatric hospitalization, analysis by Jung, love affair with him, extracts from her diary, correspondence with Jung and Freud, and published writing. Together this material highlights Spielrein's pioneering insights regarding the involvement of what Bion subsequently called "at-one-ment" in (a) the transformations effected by the transference-countertransference of patient and analyst in analysis, (b) art, (c) symbolism as universalizing inspiration or defence, (d) the death instinct, (e) the subconscious as semiotic mediator between what is conscious and unconscious, and (f) children's early language acquisition.
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