Main description:

1.This bold and witty introductory book by Bob Hinshelwood is the first to present the full work of this highly influential and brilliant British analyst
2. The book will consist of an examination of the 28 well-known publications of Rosenfeld as he built of Melanie Klein's ideas;
3. Throughout, Hinshelwood interweaves his own interpretations and insights on Rosenfeld's work

Contents:

Introduction: An outline for the reader Part 1: Research into difficult problems 1. Mildred and features of psychotic states 2. Projective identification and depersonalisation 3. Confusional states 4. Super-ego 5. Negative narcissism 6. Borderline personalities 7. Other categories Part 2: Clinical approach 8. Classically interpretive 9. Debates: Greenson and Gitelson 10. Countertransference entanglements After-thoughts: reflections on a life's work