Just as psychoanalytic interest in masochism dates from the earliest days of psychoanalysis, the various approaches to its understanding have reflected the developmental vicissitudes of psychoanalytic theory. This evolution has moved from its early focus on instinct to considerations of psychic structure and oedipal dynamics, object relations, separation-individuation, self-organization, and self-esteem regulation. Masochism: Current Psychoanalytic Perspectives offers an updated review of perspectives on masochism influenced by current developments in psychoanalytic research and theory.
Key Features
- Updated review of perspectives on masochism.
- Influenced by current developments in psychoanalytic research and theory.
- Focus on early preoedipal events providing significant scientific and clinical yield.
- Considerable promise in applying newer perspectives to the issue of masochism.
Additional Information
The newer emphasis on and investigations of early preoedipal events have, as Cooper stresses in this volume, provided a significant scientific and clinical yield. The application of these newer perspectives to the issue of masochism holds considerable promise.
