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.

Presents an anthology of the most outstanding writings in the psychoanalytic study of masochism

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


Book Information
ISBN 9780814734964
Author Margaret Ann Hanly
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint New York University Press
Publisher New York University Press
Weight(grams) 726g