Book Notices

Balsamo, M. (ed.) (2000). Soggetti al delirio. Elaborazioni del dolore e percorsi della cura. [Subjects of Delusions. Elaborations on Pain and Paths of Treatment.] Milan:  Angeli. Pp.  95.

The book deals with the theme of the multiple functions of delusion: the tearing but also the restitching of the psychic fabric, the moment of depersonalisation and at the same time of the acquisition of subjectivity, when a perspective of the self can begin to exist, the failure of as well as the search for representation. Through clinical cases and theoretical considerations much space is given to the role of the Other in the patient's delusions: his mind can be taken over by elements not belonging to the self, in the same way as it can be the subject of somebody else's delusional system.

Bolognini, S. (ed.) (2000). Il sogno cento anni dopo. [The Dream One Hundred Years On.] Turin:  Boringhieri. Pp.  450.

One hundred years after the publication of Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams, this book discusses Freudian dream theory in the light of new ideas on psychoanalytic treatment and theory. The volume consists of numerous historical and clinical contributions. The issues relating to theory and technique, which add depth to the analysis of the structural and relational elements of the dream, are also presented in this volume within such contexts as the theory of the self, the neurosciences and the arts.

Crafoord, C. (2001). Införlivande. Om den udvecklande dialogens betingelser. [Embodiments. On the conditions for the evolving diaglogue.] Stockholm:  Natur och Kultur. Pp.  285.

The author links together his model of psychic development with the recent neurophysiological observations and new theories about evolution. In this way he demonstrates that the old antagonism between a psychoanalytical and a biological viewpoint can be overcome. In the final chapter the author looks back on his many professional years as a psychoanalyst and a psychiatrist and reflects over the body, the dream, the l