The ‘object’ had become a highly developed idea in the investigations of Karl Abraham, and in Klein’s development of Abraham’s work. These experiences of relating to objects have a quality of driven conviction, as they arise in connection with the biological impulses. Such burning convictions that arise from within the psychological makeup are called unconscious phantasies.

Presented with Abraham’s view of instinctual impulses experienced as the narratives of relationships, how did Klein make use of that perception?