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This book written by Parisian analyst Steven Jaron is about the exploration of the unthought known and related concepts articulated by Christopher Bollas. Jaron is employed in private practice and at the 15-20 National Ophthalmology Hospital, which specializes in rare and routine eyesight disorders. The aim of the book as stated in the preface is twofold: to experiment with the concept of the unthought known and to expand it and other concepts offered by Bollas.
The unthought known refers to inarticulate aspects of psychic life, which bear the trace of early object relations. Such experiences are known to the individual on a deep level but have not been made the subject of thought. For Jaron, this is the “foundational contribution” of Bollas, “the one upon which the others are built” (p. x1). The book offers a generative elaboration of the concept, especially as it relates to unconscious somatic communications in treatment.