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Sadism : psychoanalytic developmental perspectives / edited by Amita Sehgal.

Contributor(s): Sehgal, Amita [editor.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2018Description: 177 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781782206378 (paperback) :Subject(s): Sadism | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 616.8'5835 Summary: 'Sadism' is founded on the premise that paying close attention to what is happening in our internal world can help us understand the rise of sadism in the world of popular culture. Voyeuristic sadism as a form of entertainment appears to be on the rise, an increase corresponding with an upsurge in public appetite for sadomasochism as a recreational activity. This book acts as a forum in which psychotherapists present psychoanalytic perspectives on the phenomenon of sadomasochism at different stages of the human lifecycle: in childhood, adolescence, adulthood and in later life and consider its developmental roots.

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'Sadism' is founded on the premise that paying close attention to what is happening in our internal world can help us understand the rise of sadism in the world of popular culture. Voyeuristic sadism as a form of entertainment appears to be on the rise, an increase corresponding with an upsurge in public appetite for sadomasochism as a recreational activity. This book acts as a forum in which psychotherapists present psychoanalytic perspectives on the phenomenon of sadomasochism at different stages of the human lifecycle: in childhood, adolescence, adulthood and in later life and consider its developmental roots.

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