Perversion : the erotic form of hatred / by Robert J. Stoller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoller, Robert J., author.

Series:

Maresfield library.

Maresfield library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paraphilias.

Hostility (Psychology).

Mother and child.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Why in this enlightened day would one choose to entitle a work Perversion, a term that is becoming passe? The great research published in the last decade or two has taught us that aberrant sexual behavior is found in other species, is ubiquitous in man, and is the product of brain and hormonal factors that can function independently of anything we might call psyche. Then too, their findings make researchers regret society's moral stance that sexual aberration is unnatural - sinful - and the repressive social action that follows. Thus, in ridding ourselves of the concept of perversion, we have the tempting combination of good research serving a humane cause. Yet it isthe author'scontention, explored in the body of this book, that perversion exists. The connotations of the word are unpleasant and have a flavor of morality and therefore of free will that is antiquated in these days of science and determinism. It is to avoid such connotations that the softer terms "variant", "deviation," or "aberration" are used.

Contents:

pt. 1. Definition

pt. 2. Dynamics : trauma, hostility, risk and revenge

pt. 3. Social issues.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-90298-0

0-429-47821-6

1-282-90021-8

9786612900211

1-84940-040-7

9780429478215

OCLC:

694146813