Issue 4 of Volume 107 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis brings together Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique, History of Psychoanalysis, The Psychoanalytic Institution, Interdisciplinary Studies, Letters to the Editor, Obituaries, and Book Reviews. The issue explores primal repression and its consequences for contemporary clinical practice, Freud’s maternal heritage, Lacan’s reinterpretation of Freud’s theory of trauma, national stereotypes and prejudices within the IPA in the Asia-Pacific region, psychoanalytic approaches to masculinity and initiation, and the psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s theory of object-seeking. It also features tributes to Marilia Aisenstein, Jean-Michel Quinodoz, and Jonathan Lear.

Featuring contributions from:

Juan Francisco Artaloytia, Roger Willoughby, Georg Augusta, Jessica Tran The, François Ansermet, Harriet Wolfe, Kai Ogimoto, Tomas Plaenkers, Anat Tzur Mahalel, Gabriel Rivera, Pablo Santander, Nini Kerr, Michel Sanchez-Cardenas, Giuseppe Civitarese, Cláudio Laks Eizirik, Claude Smadja, Céline Gür Gressot, Bernard Reith, David Tuckett, Alfred Margulies, Michael Krass, Nancy C. Winters, Benedetta Guerrini Degl’Innocenti, and Roland Havas.