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The Joy of Torment : Understanding and Managing Sadomasochism.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Akhtar, Salman.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sadomasochism--Treatment.
- Sadomasochism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (363 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bicester : Karnac Books, 2024.
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER
- HALF TITLE PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION PAGE
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the editors and contributors
- Introduction
- Part I
- Conceptual aspects
- CHAPTER ONE
- Freud's changing views on sadomasochism
- CHAPTER TWO
- Freudian sadomasochism and its contemporary incarnations
- CHAPTER THREE
- Masochism and the delusion of omnipotence from a developmental perspective
- Part II
- Cultural aspects
- CHAPTER FOUR
- Misogyny, sadomasochism, and pornography
- CHAPTER FIVE
- The strategic confluence of altruism and sadomasochism in martyrdom
- CHAPTER SIX
- Society, sadism, and a satirical take on the family
- Part III
- Clinical aspects
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- Childhood grievance, defensive idealization, and sadomasochistic failure of mourning
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- Sadomasochism in couples psychotherapy
- CHAPTER NINE
- Sadomasochism, sexual excitement, and perversion
- CHAPTER TEN
- On cruelty
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- Analytic struggles and sadistic maneuvers
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- E-sadomasochism and clinical psychoanalysis
- References
- Index
- BACK COVER
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Akhtar, Salman The Joy of Torment
- ISBN:
- 9781800133037
- 1800133030
- 9781800133020
- 1800133022
- Publisher Number:
- 90101034501
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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