ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author reviews his ideas on subjectivity, objectivity, and the third position in the psychoanalytic encounter, particularly in clinical work with borderline and narcissistic patients. He utilises the theories of Melanie Klein and Wilfred Bion as a basis and describes his concept of triangular space. The author discusses a case presentation of a particular type of narcissistic patient illustrates the principles. He describes the borderline syndrome as a particular form of narcissistic disorder, one that he characterize as hypersubjective or "thin skinned". The crucial importance of the three persons of the psychic triangle has been emphasized by psychoanalysts of other schools and in other countries, particularly in France, notably by J. McDougall, J. Chasseguet-Smirgel, and A. Green. The author suggests that the idea of a good maternal object can then be regained only by splitting off the mother's perceived hostility to linkage and attributing it to a hostile force.
