[Susan d.S.]

Without having read further, I'm guessing the aspects of anorexia being discussed as aspects of "form" are: the feeling of control anorexics seek and which seems to be one of the perceived rewards of anorexia, and the desire some anorexics are thought to have to diminish the visibly feminine attributes of their bodies. It strikes me as a rather over-determined argument about form. I'm not sure why the truths of psychoanalysis are said to be "abstract" and "inert"--I would have supposed the opposite.