Grupper og angst

Abstract

Anxiety in groups and groupanxiety are illuminated from the individualperspective and from the groupperspective of the groupanalytic theory. The frame of theory in this area is modest. A proposal regarding two theoretical kind of basic anxiety in
groups is given. A historical line is drawn from the early socialpsychology through the psychoanalysis to the two groupanalists Bion and Foulkes. The basic view in the theories on human beeing and on groups together with the relation between individualand
socialpsychology is pointed out. It is decribed how the grouptheory by Bion introduces a new way of looking at groups by making anxiety to a central factor. Thereby the possibility is given to explore and to change negative traits in groups. The limit of the existing groupconcepts in regard to anxiety is mentioned and to take into account this lack the possibility to reintroduce the concept of groupmind is suggested.