TY - JOUR A1 - Jemstedt, Arne T1 - The Aesthetics of Psychoanalytic Interaction. Paper presented at the IFPS XI International Forum in New York, May 4-7, 2000. Typescript 10 p. Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jemstedt, Arne T1 - Historical Context in Clinical Work: Commentary on Franco Borgogno's >On the Patient's Becoming an Individual< JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 117-132. N2 - In this commentary, Jacobson's exploration of Bollas's notions of >true self and >idiom< is discussed. I underline Bollas's focus on unconscious processes in general and in the psychoanalytic relation in particular and – referring to Bion and Bollas – discuss the importance of the analyst's intuitive capacity in sensing these processes. Winnicott's and Bollas's formulations on the notion of true self/idiom are briefly reviewed and its unknowable quality is emphasized. While being in many respects appreciative of Jacobson's essay, I argue against his position of not considering idiom as something inherent and unique to each person, claiming that Jacobson's understanding of Bollas's notion sometimes is too concrete. I argue as well against Jacobson's view of Bollas as a >one-person theorist< and as holding a position leading to >a distancing of the social world.< Y1 - 1997 ER -