Triumphant Victim a Psychoanalytical Perspective on Sadomasochism and Perverse Thinking

Summary: This book examines the unrecognised prevalence of sadomasochism and perverse thinking in personal relationships as well as the public domain, and discusses the way it contributes to the culture of the victim. The first part traces the origins of perverse pathology and how it operates in obstructing emotional development and producing dysfunctional relationships. This is put in the context of hysteria, exhibitionism, voyeurism, and projective identification and is illustrated with clinical material drawn from the author's thirty years of psychoanalytical practice as well as experiences of couple.

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ISBN: 9781299794634 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1299794637 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1782410791 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781782410799 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Publisher: Karnac Books, 2013.

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General Note:	Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	CHAPTER TWENTY From victim and blame to a saner societyPART III CASE HISTORIES; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Abigail: survival through invisibility; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Judy and Maria: vendettas against the parent/analyst; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Damien: student drop-out and would-be professional psychiatric patient; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Kelly: a case of courage in the face of perversity; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Mark: the battered husband; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Peter and Jim: the black hole of the psyche; REFERENCES; INDEX.
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