Part 1 Overview: a spectrum of psychoanalytic self theories, Alan L. Grey; interpersonal relations and the problem of narcissism, John Fiscalini. Part 2 The self and narcissism - theoretical perspectives: Fromm's views on narcissism and the self, Marco Bacciagaluppi; the lost uniqueness of Kohut's self psychology - an instance of narcissism, Benjamin Wolstein; character, personality and the politics of change - implications for an interpersonal understanding of narcissism, Edgar A. Levenson; the interpersonal self updated, Alan L. Grey; the Daseinsanalytic - phenomenological approach to narcissism, Gian Condrau. Part 3 Clinical narcissism: the concept of narcissistic interactions, Leston Havens; love and sexuality in narcissistic personalities - a clinical report, John L. Schimel; an interpersonal approach to idealization in the narcissistic personality, Dale H. Ortmeyer; patterns of narcissism in Japan, Mikihachiro Tatara. Part 4 The therapeutic relationship: narcissism and obsessionalism - an interpersonal psychoanalytic approach, Leon Salzman; the relation of monologue and dialogue to narcissistic states and its implications for psychoanalytic therapy, Arthur H. Feiner; the ubiquity and relativity of narcissism - therapeutic implications, Irwin Hirsch; the psychoanalysis of narcissism - an interpersonal view, John Fiscalini.