{"product_id":"first-thoughts-jayne-hankinson-9781912691265","title":"First Thoughts: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Beginnings","description":"'Any Psychoanalyst must find his own way and come upon well-known and well-established theories through experiences of his own realisations.' So says W. R. Bion in his Commentary in \u003cb\u003eSecond Thoughts\u003c\/b\u003e. In \u003cb\u003eFirst Thoughts\u003c\/b\u003e, Jayne Hankinson does just this. She presents a personal account of her own 'realisations' and discoveries during an attempt to give thought to 'beginnings'. She explores the meaning and relevance of creation myths, leading to a deep realisation of how they unconsciously represent and shape much of our lives, even today. This exploration meanders through the Garden of Eden, leaving with a realisation that there is an 'Adam' and 'Eve' aspect in dynamic tension within each of our minds. This serpentine journey becomes a 'hermeneutic loop' in which dissatisfaction with parts of psychoanalytic theory leads to an engagement in the phenomena of beginnings and a consequent reappraisal and reinterpretation, via a closer look at Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, and Wilfred Bion to formulate an understanding of what their 'first thoughts' may be. The book ends with the author's own creation myth reshaped and a deeper awareness of how important 'beginnings' are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jayne Hankinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912691264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912691265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karnac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 7.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Jayne Hankinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450049933567,"sku":"9781912691265","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4013294-a75f-465e-ba08-e21f2f4cd2a2.jpg?v=1777266006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-thoughts-jayne-hankinson-9781912691265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}