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This is one of several books in the last several years that attempts to bring the insights of the British School of object relations into the contemporary American psychoanalytic scene. Volumes which have recently enlivened this debate include Mitchell & Greenberg's Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory(1983), as well as Judith Hughes' Reshaping the Psychoanalytic Domain(1989). What is distinct about Ogden's enterprise is his explicit aim to open our minds to what is valuable while pointing out potential blind spots. Towards this end, he includes rich vignettes which demonstrate the clinical relevance of the Britons' insights.
Ogden divides the book into three main sections. In the first chapter he defines his argument, while in the next three chapters he enters into a dialogue with Melanie Klein and tries to extricate and critique her unique clinical contributions. In the last third of the book he plays with Winnicott's contributions and demonstrates both the originality and utility of Winnicott's thought. In the two intervening chapters he uses clinical examples to apply Kleinian concepts; in the