Christopher Bollas Reader

This reader brings together a selection of seminal papers by Christopher Bollas. Essays such as &quote;The Fascist State of Mind,&quote; &quote;The Structure of Evil,&quote; and &quote;The Functions of History&quote; have established his position as one of the most significant cultural critics of our time. Also included are examples of his psychoanalytical writings, such as &quote;The Transformational Object&quote; and &quote;Psychic Genera,&quote; that deepen and renew interest in unconscious creative processes. Two recent essays, &quote;Character and Interformality&quote; and &quote;The Wisdom of the Dream&quote; extend his work on aesthetics and the role of form in everyday life. This is a collection of papers that will appeal to anyone interested in human experience and subjectivity.