In this paper I correct previous misconceptions about the Imago Group.
In doing so I provide the first ever detailed history of the group, and of
the role of the composer, Robert Still, in founding it in 1953 as an
analysand society geared to its members using their experience of
having been psychoanalysed in seeking to understand social issues and
improve society. Examples are given of papers presented in this vein
during the group’s history of monthly meetings beginning in February
1954. Reasons for the group’s demise following its meeting in July 1971
are also indicated as are examples of its inspiring similar groups in
Canada and in Britain, including the Oxford-based New Imago Forum
concerned with psychoanalysing social issues today.
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