Overview

Perversion - its ubiquity in infantile life and its persistence in the psychical and sexual lives of some adults - was a central element of Freud's lifelong work. The problem of perversion has since been revisited by many psychoanalytic schools with the result that Freud's original view of perversion has been replaced by numerous - often c

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Author:   Prof. Lisa Downing ,  Dany Nobus
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780367325909

ISBN 10:   036732590
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   31 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Psychoanalytic Perspectives -- Introduction -- Perversion, perversity, and normality: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations -- An overview of perverse behaviour -- Perversion and charity: an ethical approach -- The problem of inscription and its clinical meaning in perversion -- The perversion of pain, pleasure, and thought: on the difference between “suffering” an experience and the “construction” of a thing to be used -- The structure of perversion: a Lacanian perspective -- Birth, death, orgasm, and perversion: a Reichian view -- Perspectives on Psychoanalysis -- Introduction -- Perversion and French avant-garde art 1912–1916 -- The perverse domination of the fascist and the Sadean master -- The feminist ethics of lesbian sadomasochism -- Maternal fetishism -- Lacan meets queer theory -- On sexual perversion and transsensualism

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