Essential Papers on Masochism

An anthology of essays examining the nature and practice of sexual masochism

The contested psychoanalytic concept of masochism has served to open up pathways into less-explored regions of the human mind and behavior. Here, rituals of pain and sexual abusiveness prevail, and sometimes gruesome details of unconscious fantasies are constructed out of psychological pain, desperate need, and sexually excited, self- destructive violence.

In this significant addition to the Essential Papers in Psychoanalysis series, Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly presents an anthology of the most outstanding writings in the psychoanalytic study of masochism. In bringing these essays together, Dr. Fitzpatrick Hanly expertly combines classic and contemporary theories by the most respected scholars in the field to create a varied and integrated volume.

This collection features papers by S. Nacht, R. Loewenstein, Victor Smirnoff, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Laplanche, Robert Bak, Leonard Shengold, K. Novick, J. Novick, S. Coen, Margaret Brenman, Esther Menaker, S. Lorand, M. Balint, Bernhard Berliner, Charles Brenner, Helene Deutsch, Annie Reich, Marie Bonaparte, Jessica Benjamin, S.L. Olinick, Arnold Modell, Betty Joseph, and Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel.

Author: Margaret Ann Hanly
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 01/01/1995
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.42w x 1.28d
ISBN: 9780814734964

About the Author
Hanly, Margaret Ann: - Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Toronto, Canada, and a member of the faculty of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute.