ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. This book presents a selection of the contributions to several special panels during the International Centennial Conference. This shows the continuing fertility and efficacy of some of W. R. Bion's theories, together with the lasting interest in them, and in their use, by experts in this field. It ranges from the more therapeutic aspect to the application of Bion's ideas to the understanding of organizational life and conflicts, and institutional and social change, both micro- and macro-. The book helps the reader to understand what is proving to be one of Bion's most stimulating and productive theories, that of the basic assumptions. It then discusses developments in different fields in which Bion's ideas can be applied: industrial relations, the clinical field, institutional psychiatry, the Internet, and a different set of Bion's theories, not originally intended for use with groups, to the field of social, or mass, psychology.
