Book
Subjects of Analysis
What it shows
- 1994
Thomas H. Ogden introduced Analytic third
Ogden set out the concept in his 1994 paper and in the same year's book Subjects of Analysis, where a further chapter describes the subjugating third of projective identification.
Donald Winnicott influenced Thomas H. Ogden
- 1994
Analytic third derives from Potential space
Ogden modelled the analytic third on Winnicott's idea that there is no infant apart from the mother-infant unit, and on the intermediate area that unit creates.
- 1994
Analytic third derives from Projective identification
Ogden recast projective identification as a form of the analytic third, the subjugating third, in which the separate subjectivities of analyst and patient are partly subsumed and then reclaimed.