Tag Archives: Bion
This Strange Case of Nerves: On Anxiety and Meaning
“Nerves are a mystery. Some people seem to have none. We admire these people for their pluck, but, really, they are just born lucky.” — Louis Menand “When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Uncategorized
Tagged angit, anguish, anxiety, anxius, Bion, Cicero, Lucretius, nerves, New Yorker, psychoanalysis, Titian, Virgil
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Crisis Interminable
A crisis is usually thought of as acute and punctuated. In the usual sense, a crisis is an event and an event is discrete. But what of an extended crisis, one without enough acuteness to merit the more common uses … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Philosophy
Tagged banking, Bion, complex systems, crisis, instability, Moral Hazard, policy
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