From mind‐deadness to mindedness, from collaboration to cooperation
Dana Amir
Abstract:Looking at the October 7, 2023, events in Israel, this paper suggests a unique configuration of Bion's minus links, called "broken links." The broken links not only represent a negation of a connection—but also a negation of the object. When the link of Love is broken, it is replaced by a unique formation of Love without an object, in which the lack‐of‐object installs itself as the sole object, replacing the work of mourning with pseudo, blank mourning. When the link of Hate is broken, the result is a murderou… Show more
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