Abstract: This paper is focused on changes inpsychoanalysis from a different angle,namely, looking at that which has reallynot changed as much as we seem to like tobelieve: psychoanalytic concepts. Theauthor presents what has become one of thebest and most cited concepts inpsychoanalysis nowadays: projectiveidentification. Altruistic surrender,identification with the aggressor, puttingpassive into active are different ways ofunderstanding and explaining whatKleinians mean by projective identification. Today, we have different ways tounderstanding – both in theory and inclinical practice – the biography and thevicissitudes of our concepts.


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