TY - JOUR A1 - Benjamin, Jessica T1 - To Live Before Dying: Commentary on Paper by Anthony Bass JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 185-201. N2 - This paper is an effort to describe and express and the tension between the observing mind and the >wisdom mind,< which has its taproots in the deep and unformulated experience of connectedness. Nominally about the process of writing as a psychoanalyst, it is more like my personal >Credo< in relation to the work of psychoanalysis, the work of writing, and the work of living with contradictions – life. In it I try to bring together disparate reflections, to illustrate in the writing itself the process of making >many into one.< Because so much of this essay relates to themes in Mannie Ghent's work, including his work on surrender and his >Credo,< it seemed to be appropriate to offer it to readers of this issue dedicated to his memory. Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benjamin, Jessica T1 - Unlawful Entry: Male Fears of Psychic Penetration JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 447-457. N2 - The author discusses Arnold Rothstein's paper >Compromise Formation Theory: An Intersubjective Dimension< and challenges his definition of intersubjectivity. She offers a perspective in which the import of intersubjectivity theory is less to dissolve the notion of objectivity than to grasp processes of mutual engagement, regulation, and recognition. While it is true that the recognition that the analyst is also a subject and therefore does not have exclusive knowledge is an important shift in the psychoanalytic paradigm, the author suggests that the intersubjective is far more encompassing than this. Intersubjective theory emphasizes the active creation of consensus or conflict about reality rather than merely the recognition that the analyst's perspective on reality is subjective. This cocreation produces a different emotional experience of connection, not merely a change in the quality of insight. Finally, Rothstein's case illustrates how he responds to the need for recognition and regulation. He shows us how focusing on the procedural allowed him to make an intersubjective shift, not simply an intrapsychic interpretation of compromise formation. Y1 - 2005 ER -