Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1. Who’s Afraid of Jacques Lacan?

Judith Feher Gurewich, Ph.D.

Glossary of Selected Lacanian Terms

Judith Feher Gurewich, Ph.D.

Part I: Borderlines: Between French and American Psychoanalysis

2. The New Disorders of the Unconscious

Judith Feher Gurewich, Ph.D.

3. The Development of the Concept of the “Borderline” in Psychoanalytic Diagnosis and Treatment

Nicholas Kouretas, M.D.

4. A Borderline State of Humanity and the Fragmented Ego of the Analyst

Professeur Pierre Fédida

5. The Concept of Borderline in French Psychoanalysis

Professeur Daniel Widlocher, M.D.

Part II: Dialogues and Controversies

6. Empathy and the Therapeutic Dialogue: An Historical-Conceptual Overview of Self Psychology and a Brief Clinical Example

Paul H. Ornstein, M.D.

The Signifier at the Crossroads between Sexuality and Trauma

Discussant: Professeur Monique David-Ménard

Excerpts from the Discussion

7. Primary Self Pathology and the Process of Healing: A Clinical Example

Anna Ornstein, M.D.

The Scope and the Limits of the Theory of the Self in Psychoanalysis

Discussnt: Marcianne Blevis, M.D.

Excerpts from the Discussion

8. Toward a Separate Line of Female Development: On Adolescence

Joan J. Zilbach, M.D. and Malkah T. Notman, M.D.

In the Beginning Was Sexual Difference

Discussant: Jacques Hassoun, M.D.

Excerpts from the Discussion

9. Aggression in Women: A Re-Examination

Malkah T. Notman, M.D.

Woman: Access to Male Aggression or to Desire?

Discussant: Professeur Michel Tort

Excerpts from the Discussion

10. Psychic Death and the Generation of Meaning

Arnold H. Modell, M.D.

Meaning and the Direction of the Treatment

Discussant: Professeur Joël Dor

Excerpts from the Discussion

11. “Someday” and “If Only” Fantasies

Salman Akhtar, M.D.

The Borderline Patient and His Relation to the Present Moment

Discussant: Juan-David Nasio, M.D.

Excerpts from the Discussion

Part III: The Subject and the Self: Conclusions

Professeur Michel Tort

Index