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This book is part of a series, four titles having been previously published, each monograph dedicated to a paper by Freud, followed by discussions of a number of authors. The series, “Contemporary Freud: Turning Points and Critical Issues,” aims at promoting an exchange of thoughts among research workers of various countries and of different psychoanalytic schools. Since Freud's time, many new directions have been taken in the field of psychoanalysis, and Freud's theories can be evaluated and developed in manifold ways. The multiplicity of perspectives enriches psychoanalytic theory, technique, and therapy. In this respect the book completely fulfills the intentions of the founder of the series, Robert Wallerstein. The authors, as well as the editor, do not constrain themselves to comment on or criticize Freud's paper; bringing it into context with their own thoughts, extending their subject in all the directions that are their personal and professional interests. In this way, they offer the reader a variety of openings for their own reflection.
In her excellent introduction, the editor, Ethel Spector Person, briefly summarizes Freud's paper, emphasizing its main points: the genesis and structure of the beating fantasy; the phases of its