Red Medicine

Wilfred Bion, Corporate Retreats, and Experiences in Groups w/ Lily Scherlis

Episode Summary

Lily Scherlis joins the podcast to talk about her recent essay Experiences in Groups, which was published in the most recent issue of n+1 magazine and documents her experience of attending a Group Relations conference in the English countryside. Group relations refers to an offshoot of psychoanalytic theory and practice which applies the ideas of Wilfred Bion, to understand group dynamics and organizational structures.

Episode Notes

Lily Scherlis joins the podcast to talk about her recent essay Experiences in Groups, which was published in the most recent issue of n+1 magazine and documents her experience of attending a Group Relations conference in the English countryside. Group relations refers to an offshoot of psychoanalytic theory and practice which applies the ideas of Wilfred Bion, to understand group dynamics and organizational structures. 

 

Lily is a a writer, artist, and PhD candidate living in Brooklyn. Her writing has appeared in publications such as n+1, Harper's, The Guardian, Parapraxis, The Baffler, The Drift, and many other publications. Her work often addresses ideas from psychoanalysis, pop-psychology, and the history of social science. 

 

Lily's essay, Experiences in Groups can be read here: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/essays/experiences-in-groups/