title: Michael Balint: an introduction.
abstract: Michael Balint, who used to be known the world over, no longer gets either the fame or the influence that he deserves, and the three special issues of the journal devoted to him are meant to contribute to make him better known. I intend to draw a portrait of Balint--it will necessarily be only an outline, within the limits of the present issue--and to follow his path as a man and as a scholar.
authors.affiliation: Quatrième Groupe Organisation Psychanalytique de Longue Francaise (OPLF), Maître de Conférences at the Université François Rabelais, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Michelle Moreau
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ricaud
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006814:Hungary; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*