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Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory

3 reviews
Jay R. Greenberg, Stephen A. Mitchell

Harvard University Press, 1983

Essential reading
This book is cited in virtually every book written on object relations theory since its publication. It gives a thorough background to the theories of all of the major contributors to object relations theory. It is brilliantly written and understandable with a basic knowledge of psychoanalytic jargon. An essential work.

Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory
Jay R. Greenberg & Stephen A. Mitchell, 2000

A conceptual map of the most difficult terrain in psychoanalysis as well as a history of its most complex disputes. In exploring the counterpoint between different psychoanalytic traditions, it provides a synthetic perspective that is a major contribution to psychoanalytic thought.