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Can reading a scientific text directly influence the day-to-day work of a psycho-analyst? I believe so, and I think that Faimberg's is one of the few books which can really open up new perspectives and provide us with unusual tools for reading; as much in the reconstruction of patients’ personal journeys as in the understanding of what happens in the analytic experience.
The author has had scientific papers published in specialist journals, has participated actively at numerous conferences and is known for her commitment to the IPA, which has kept her up to date on the developments in the psychoanalytic movement around the world. She trained in Argentina, then moved to France, and has always paid keen attention to developments in British, Italian and North American psychoanalysis. The author offers us a highly original perspective, thanks to her well-integrated multiculturalism.
This latest contribution is enriched by its ‘wide-angle lens’ perspective, shown by the acknowledgements, in which Faimberg expresses her gratitude and debt to teachers and colleagues from a broad spectrum of times and places. From her original professional training in Latin America, these include Willy Baranger, Jose Bleger, David Liberman, Jorge Mom, Enrique Pichon-Riviere and Guillermo Maci; and from her subsequent scientific development in Europe, André Green, Piera Aulagnier, Jean Laplanche, Serge Leclaire, Wilfred Bion and Joyce McDougall.
The book includes an introduction by the author, and is organized into 11 chapters, which are only partly the result of the reworking of papers published previously during the course of her lengthy and rigorous research on the subject, which has been deepened consistently and continuously over many years.
Faimberg's theoretico-clinical viewpoint originates from those who leave their mark in the first chapter, which gives the book its title and which is dedicated to the study of ‘alienated identifications’. The chapter provides a fascinating reflection on