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Sincerity and Other Works: Collected Papers of Donald Meltzer is a compilation of 33 previously published papers and one hitherto unpublished, book-length work that bears the name “Sincerity.” It is unquestionably Kleinian and must be read and judged within that context. The editor, Alberto Hahn, suggests that this volume will demonstrate the stature of Donald Meltzer's pioneering contributions to Kleinian psychoanalysis. By putting together these 34 works, which span a period of 35 years, Hahn provides a window into Meltzer's work that reveals erudition, moments of playfulness, moments of discovery-oriented thought, acuity of clinical observation, and sensitive clinical interventions. Meltzer is clearly not in any antecedent pioneer's pocket and has a relative independence that shows itself when he transforms received precepts and clinical matter into his personal synthesis of psychoanalytic thought.
To get a flavor of Meltzer's project, let us examine what the major work, “Sincerity,” in this volume of collected writings is about. It presents a phenomenological constitution of sincerity in a way that explicitates mental states and the atmosphere of human