This book, a dialogue between psychoanalytic theory and systemic theory, is part of the excellent International Psychoanalytical Association series edited by Gennaro Saragnano, “Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications.” There are nine chapters: three by each author, plus a joint prologue and epilogue. The format is interesting: each chapter is followed by a commentary written by the other two authors. All three trained and worked together in Argentina. Bigliani is now in São Paulo, Moguillansky in Buenos Aires, and Sluzki in Washington, DC. All have other international affiliations. They have adopted divergent approaches in their clinical work, and this volume came out of their search for a bridge between them. They work with individuals, families, and international political organizations.

The authors emphasize the social context of the hidden emotions of shame and humiliation—“the oppressive power of the opinion of the