The book \ \Psychoanalysis of the Rio de la Plata Region \ \, published by the intellectual publishing house Ithaca on May 22, 2026, combines four foundational and historical texts drafted by Latin America's leading psychologists Louisa Álvarez de Toledo, Madeleine and Willie Barranger, and José Peliger, as well as Heinrich Racker. The Argentinean psychoanalyst based in Paris, Leopoldo Pellegr, took the task of collecting these texts, presenting them and coordinating their translation from Spanish into French in cooperation withNinoka Amigorena-Rosenberg and Eduardo Vera Ocampo, the book is presented in 200 pages of medium pieces, including a scout and comprehensive scientific references at a price of twenty-four euros.
The book revolves around the intellectual momentum and deep analytical movement that has arisen and developed since the 1950s in the geographical area stretching between Buenos Aires and Montevideo on the banks of the famous estuary of the Rio de la Plata. Selected research discusses four fundamental clinical concepts in contemporary psychoanalytic practice: transmutation,corresponding, the actual movement within the therapeutic session, the dynamic field, and the setting of the session. In this context, the texts of Heinrich Rucker and Luisa de Alvarez de Toledo stand out for the active and effective impact of the psychoanalyst's emotions and behavioral interactions during therapeutic practice. On the other hand, Madeleine and Willy Barranger, through the concept of the dynamic field, offer an innovative vision that examines the process of psychoanalysis as a living interactive structure, while José Peliger, through the study of the concepts of ambiguity and undifferentiation, proves that the framework of the session is not justA rigid or neutral formal structure, it is a dynamic element influencing treatment, making these texts timeless classics and a practical wealth of knowledge for physicians and therapists today.
As for the collectors of the scientific subject, the doctor and academic activist Leopoldo Pleuger is a prominent reference in this field. He has settled in the French capital Paris since leaving Argentina in 1976 after completing his studies in psychiatry. Pleasure has held senior leadership positions in his field, presiding over the French Psychoanalytic Association between 2017In 2019, he served as the Secretary General of the European Union for Psychoanalysis for several years, and he has also published important publications looking at the mechanisms of in-person and distance psychotherapy.
