Juan Pablo Jimenez is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health East at University of Chile (Santiago) and Visiting Professor at the University College London. He is a training and supervising analyst in the Chilean Psychoanalytical Association. He has held an important number of positions, including President of the Chilean Psychoanalytical Association (1995-1998), Member of the House of Delegates of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and Representative at the Council (1994-1996), President of the Latin-American Psychoanalytic Federation, FEPAL (2007-2008). He is a member of the International Research Board and of the Conceptual Integration Committee of the IPA. His research interests centre on issues of clinical epistemology and integration between clinical psychoanalysis and empirical research. Rodolfo Moguillansky, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and Professor at the Buenos Aires Institute of Mental Health, University of Buenos Aires Medical School. He is a full member of the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, and the International Federation of Psychotherapy Associations. He has been awarded the Bleger (1998) and Storni (2000) prizes by the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association, the Liberman prize (1999), by the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association, and the FEAP prize (2008) by the Spanish Federation of Psychotherapy Associations.

'This book discusses the pathological structure that we call perversion, constantly keeping in mind two main issues: the need for clear definitions, and the uniqueness of the viewpoint from which we account for the phenomenon. In this case, the viewpoint is that of considering how perversion appears in the intersubjective field, and how it, therefore, ends up by being a psychic reality in the analyst's mind. In a situation of theoretical pluralism, there is an essential need for a conceptual analysis that clearly defines the basic pathological categories, that distinguishes the experiential dimension of the analytical situation from the metapsychological description, that takes into due account the inferential processes of the analyst at work, and that underlines the importance of the psychogenesis in the comprehension of the perversion. I think that in this sense the book by Jimenez and Moguillansky is an excellent and successful example. The clinical cases and the technical reflections, as well as Hanly's preface and the discussions by Krause and Fonagy, all enrich a book that is already generous towards its readers.'- Jorge Canestri, MD, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and training and supervising analyst for the Italian Psychoanalytic Association and for the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association

• Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A psychoanalytic phenomenology of perversion -- Discussion of Juan Pablo Jiménez’s paper, “A psychoanalytic phenomenology of perversion” -- A fundamental dilemma of psychoanalytic technique. Reflections on the analysis of a perverse paranoid patient -- Discussion of Juan Pablo Jiménez’s paper, “A fundamental dilemma of psychoanalytic technique. Reflections on the analysis of a perverse paranoid patient” -- The analyst’s personal mental makeup in psychoanalysis with perverse patients -- Discussion of Rodolfo Moguillansky’s paper, “The analyst’s personal mental makeup in psychoanalysis with perverse patients” -- Development indicators in the psychoanalysis of perversion -- Discussion of Rodolfo Moguillansky’s paper, “Development indicators in the psychoanalysis of perversion” -- Epilogue

Juan Pablo Jimenez is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health East at University of Chile (Santiago) and Visiting Professor at the University College London. He is a training and supervising analyst in the Chilean Psychoanalytical Association. He has held an important number of positions, including President of the Chilean Psychoanalytical Association (1995-1998), Member of the House of Delegates of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and Representative at the Council (1994-1996), President of the Latin-American Psychoanalytic Federation, FEPAL (2007-2008). He is a member of the International Research Board and of the Conceptual Integration Committee of the IPA. His research interests centre on issues of clinical epistemology and integration between clinical psychoanalysis and empirical research. Rodolfo Moguillansky, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and Professor at the Buenos Aires Institute of Mental Health, University of Buenos Aires Medical School. He is a full member of the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, and the International Federation of Psychotherapy Associations. He has been awarded the Bleger (1998) and Storni (2000) prizes by the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association, the Liberman prize (1999), by the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association, and the FEAP prize (2008) by the Spanish Federation of Psychotherapy Associations.

'This book discusses the pathological structure that we call perversion, constantly keeping in mind two main issues: the need for clear definitions, and the uniqueness of the viewpoint from which we account for the phenomenon. In this case, the viewpoint is that of considering how perversion appears in the intersubjective field, and how it, therefore, ends up by being a psychic reality in the analyst's mind. In a situation of theoretical pluralism, there is an essential need for a conceptual analysis that clearly defines the basic pathological categories, that distinguishes the experiential dimension of the analytical situation from the metapsychological description, that takes into due account the inferential processes of the analyst at work, and that underlines the importance of the psychogenesis in the comprehension of the perversion. I think that in this sense the book by Jimenez and Moguillansky is an excellent and successful example. The clinical cases and the technical reflections, as well as Hanly's preface and the discussions by Krause and Fonagy, all enrich a book that is already generous towards its readers.'- Jorge Canestri, MD, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and training and supervising analyst for the Italian Psychoanalytic Association and for the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association

• Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A psychoanalytic phenomenology of perversion -- Discussion of Juan Pablo Jiménez’s paper, “A psychoanalytic phenomenology of perversion” -- A fundamental dilemma of psychoanalytic technique. Reflections on the analysis of a perverse paranoid patient -- Discussion of Juan Pablo Jiménez’s paper, “A fundamental dilemma of psychoanalytic technique. Reflections on the analysis of a perverse paranoid patient” -- The analyst’s personal mental makeup in psychoanalysis with perverse patients -- Discussion of Rodolfo Moguillansky’s paper, “The analyst’s personal mental makeup in psychoanalysis with perverse patients” -- Development indicators in the psychoanalysis of perversion -- Discussion of Rodolfo Moguillansky’s paper, “Development indicators in the psychoanalysis of perversion” -- Epilogue

Juan Pablo Jimenez is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health East at University of Chile (Santiago) and Visiting Professor at the University College London. He is a training and supervising analyst in the Chilean Psychoanalytical Association. He has held an important number of positions, including President of the Chilean Psychoanalytical Association (1995-1998), Member of the House of Delegates of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and Representative at the Council (1994-1996), President of the Latin-American Psychoanalytic Federation, FEPAL (2007-2008). He is a member of the International Research Board and of the Conceptual Integration Committee of the IPA. His research interests centre on issues of clinical epistemology and integration between clinical psychoanalysis and empirical research. Rodolfo Moguillansky, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and Professor at the Buenos Aires Institute of Mental Health, University of Buenos Aires Medical School. He is a full member of the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, and the International Federation of Psychotherapy Associations. He has been awarded the Bleger (1998) and Storni (2000) prizes by the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association, the Liberman prize (1999), by the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association, and the FEAP prize (2008) by the Spanish Federation of Psychotherapy Associations.

'This book discusses the pathological structure that we call perversion, constantly keeping in mind two main issues: the need for clear definitions, and the uniqueness of the viewpoint from which we account for the phenomenon. In this case, the viewpoint is that of considering how perversion appears in the intersubjective field, and how it, therefore, ends up by being a psychic reality in the analyst's mind. In a situation of theoretical pluralism, there is an essential need for a conceptual analysis that clearly defines the basic pathological categories, that distinguishes the experiential dimension of the analytical situation from the metapsychological description, that takes into due account the inferential processes of the analyst at work, and that underlines the importance of the psychogenesis in the comprehension of the perversion. I think that in this sense the book by Jimenez and Moguillansky is an excellent and successful example. The clinical cases and the technical reflections, as well as Hanly's preface and the discussions by Krause and Fonagy, all enrich a book that is already generous towards its readers.'- Jorge Canestri, MD, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and training and supervising analyst for the Italian Psychoanalytic Association and for the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association

• Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A psychoanalytic phenomenology of perversion -- Discussion of Juan Pablo Jiménez’s paper, “A psychoanalytic phenomenology of perversion” -- A fundamental dilemma of psychoanalytic technique. Reflections on the analysis of a perverse paranoid patient -- Discussion of Juan Pablo Jiménez’s paper, “A fundamental dilemma of psychoanalytic technique. Reflections on the analysis of a perverse paranoid patient” -- The analyst’s personal mental makeup in psychoanalysis with perverse patients -- Discussion of Rodolfo Moguillansky’s paper, “The analyst’s personal mental makeup in psychoanalysis with perverse patients” -- Development indicators in the psychoanalysis of perversion -- Discussion of Rodolfo Moguillansky’s paper, “Development indicators in the psychoanalysis of perversion” -- Epilogue