Christopher Bollas

Christopher Bollas
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Washington D.C., United States
CitizenshipUnited States (birth), United Kingdom (2010)
Known forPsychoanalysis of the Unthought Known, Idiom Needs
Children1, Sacha Bollas
Scientific career
FieldsClinical Psychoanalysis

Christopher Bollas (born 1943)[1] is a British psychoanalyst and writer. He is a leading figure in contemporary psychoanalytic theory.[2]

  1. ^ Jemstedt, Arne. "Introduction", in Christopher Bollas, The Christopher Bollas Reader. London: Routledge, 2012. ISBN 9781136617911.
  2. ^ Elliott, Anthony (2004). Subject to Ourselves: Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Postmodernity. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781594510069. p. 103.