Essay on Wilfred Bion and Jacques Lacan's views on desire and psychoanalysis.

What is it about?

Desire is a central feature of human being, and therefore of central interest to psychoanalysis. This essay discusses two of the seminal figures in psychoanalysis, Wilfred Bion and Jacques Lacan in relation to their theories of human desire. This paper investigates these theoretical perspectives, their similarities and differences, and applies these views to psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

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Why is it important?

This is the first paper published in a leading psychoanalytic journal that directly discusses Bion and Lacan in detail. The author is a major contributor to the psychoanalytic literature, especially regarding the centrality of the analyst's desire to the overall project of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.