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The Libidinal Economy of Discourses and the challenges of maladaptation

by Philip Boxer on December 20, 2020January 26, 2023

by Philip Boxer The following note summarizes the current state of development of the Libidinal Economy of Discourses (LEoD).  It covers my initial formulation, the conditions under which I consider it to become a necessary…

Matrices, mattresses and the relation to the referent group

by Philip Boxer on December 23, 2013November 16, 2022

Bion uses the notion of a “matrix of thought which lies within the confines of the basic group, but not within the confines of the individual.”[1],p79 It is this matrix of thought with which the…

Working forensically: uncovering the constraints on narrative and subjection

by Philip Boxer on October 14, 2013

Consider the timespan of discretion within which a person takes up a role. The discretion can be expressed in terms of a span of complexity – the complexity being the scope of the circular linkages…

What is happening to ‘Boundaries’, ‘Authority’ and ‘Containment’?

by Philip Boxer on July 23, 2012December 4, 2022

David Armstrong, in his 2012 Eric Miller Annual Memorial Lecture entitled ‘Terms of Engagement: Looking Backwards and Forwards at the Tavistock Enterprise‘, spoke about what seemed to him most disturbing and challenging within the wider social…

The perverse discourses

by Philip Boxer on October 26, 2011December 4, 2022

Lacan describes how the discourse of Capitalism is formulated in relation to the discourse of the Master in Lacan-in-Italy, Milan.  it involves inverting its relation between agency and truth as follows: This same inversion can…

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