One of the most significant psychoanalytic theorists in the past 50 years, W. Ronald D. Fairbairn has had a profound influence in almost every area of contempor

W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships

Book is used on many psychoanalytic training courses, including in China, and new edition brings it up to date * Covers classic analysts such as Kohut and conte

Thinking through Fairbairn offers parallel perspectives on Fairbairn's work. It explores an extended interpretation of his "psychology of dynamic structure" and