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The curiosity drive: Our need for inquisitive thinking. By Philip Stokoe, Phoenix Publishing House. 2020. 286 pages

The curiosity drive: Our need for inquisitive thinking. By Philip Stokoe, Phoenix Publishing... As a younger colleague writing about a book by someone much my senior, I will try my best to find a balance, in the tone of this review, between two ethical visions of psychoanalysis (Strenger, 1989)—the “classic” ethics of honoring older colleagues and generational boundaries, hence, being more humble, and the “romantic” ethics of greater interpersonal equality and authenticity, hence, being more open. The review can focus on the content of the written material or on the form. Since the content seems so interesting to me, I would like to make an emphasis on the content and describe it in as much detail as possible.The book opens with an elucidation of the developmental importance of the curiosity. The idea is presented that curiosity or what the author also calls “the K‐drive” (in the tradition of Bion, where K represents Knowledge), leads to the development of a conscious mind; in fact the author asserts that “without curiosity there would be no conscious mind” (p. 2). What follows is a nuanced and complex study of curiosity in each small detail of this turbulent process. Combining the Kleinian and Bionian ways of thinking, the author shows how K‐drive “activates” the necessary developmental steps, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Wiley

The curiosity drive: Our need for inquisitive thinking. By Philip Stokoe, Phoenix Publishing House. 2020. 286 pages

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As a younger colleague writing about a book by someone much my senior, I will try my best to find a balance, in the tone of this review, between two ethical visions of psychoanalysis (Strenger, 1989)—the “classic” ethics of honoring older colleagues and generational boundaries, hence, being more humble, and the “romantic” ethics of greater interpersonal equality and authenticity, hence, being more open. The review can focus on the content of the written material or on the form. Since the content seems so interesting to me, I would like to make an emphasis on the content and describe it in as much detail as possible.The book opens with an elucidation of the developmental importance of the curiosity. The idea is presented that curiosity or what the author also calls “the K‐drive” (in the tradition of Bion, where K represents Knowledge), leads to the development of a conscious mind; in fact the author asserts that “without curiosity there would be no conscious mind” (p. 2). What follows is a nuanced and complex study of curiosity in each small detail of this turbulent process. Combining the Kleinian and Bionian ways of thinking, the author shows how K‐drive “activates” the necessary developmental steps,

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies – Wiley

Published: Sep 1, 2023

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