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THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SÁNDOR FERENCZI edited by Giselle Galdi American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 58, March 1998. New York: Human Sciences Press
A special issue on the contributions of Sándor Ferenczi highlights his growing importance and the increasing interest in his life and work. The six excellent papers include: Lewis Aron on Ferenczi's pursuit of mutuality, with a rereading of the famous Palermo incident in which Ferenczi was asked to take dictation from Freud; Zvi Lothane on Freud and Ferenczi's conflict over love; Jay B. Frankel on Ferenczi's trauma theory; Arnold Wm. Rachman on Ferenczi's relaxation principle; Samoan Barish and Judith E. Vida's valuable contemporary version of “mutual analysis;” and Ann-Louise S. Silver's discussion of Barish and Vida's paper. There is a book review of Rachman's Sándor Ferenczi (also reviewed in this issue of Psychoanalytic Books). A treat for Ferenczi fans of all ages.
THE KLEIN-LACAN DIALOGUES edited by Bernard Burgoyne and Mary Sullivan London: Rebus Press, 1997, 228 pp., $pD14.99 paper
This exceptional book is the result of a series of discussions during 1994-1995 between Kleinian and Lacanian psychoanalysts. The 14 papers are divided among the following sections: Child Analysis, Interpretation and Technique, Phantasy, Sexuality, Counter-transference, The Unconscious, and Klein and Lacan in the 1990s. Included are discussions from the floor following presentations, and an interesting interview with Donald Meltzer. Among the contributors are outstanding Kleinians and Lacanians: Robin Anderson, Bice Benvenuto, Robert Hinshelwood, Margaret Rustin, and Robert Young.