Christopher Bollas
British-American psychoanalyst. Known for the concepts of the transformational object, the unthought known, and the idiom of the self.
Books
- The Shadow of the Object (1987)
Bollas introduces the concept of the "unthought known" — knowledge we possess but have never thought — and the transformational object that shapes the early experience of the self.
- Being a Character (1992)
Bollas explores the idiom of the self — each person's unique way of processing experience — and how psychoanalysis allows this singularity to unfold.
- Forces of Destiny (1989)
Bollas examines how unconscious "destiny" — the internal logic of the self — guides life choices and each person's personal trajectory.