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One could rename this book “Psychoanalysis in a New Key.” It brings a lyrical Italian voice—one new to most American readers—to the understanding of the psychoanalytic process. As in Winnicott, the words are heavily Kleinian, but also as in Winnicott, the melody is new. This group of Milanese psychoanalysts traces its theoretical lineage from Freud through Klein and Bion, and in several cases, through Herbert Rosenfeld. They have worked closely together, the cross-fertilization in their thinking is unmistakable, and they have evolved a distinctive voice. The contributors to this book are Francesco Barale, Michele Bezoari, Franco De Masi, Giuseppe De Chiara, Antonino Ferro, Rosanna Gagliardi Guidi, Luciana Nissim Momigliano, Andreina Robutti, and Dina Vallino Maccio. All are members of the SPI (Società Psicoanalitica Italiana).
Under the influence of Bion, this group has studied the interaction between the subjectivity of analyst and that of the patient. They stand, therefore, closer to the intersubjectivity theory of Stolorow, Brandchaft, and Atwood (1987) than to any other strain in American psychoanalysis. Granted, they often use the language of projective identification, with its connotation of one person