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Explains the subtle but pervasive aspects of sadomasochism that affect everyday relationships across our lives, detailing when the power and control dynamics become neurotic and describing actions that can be taken to better individuals and improve society.
For most people, a whip-wielding, leather-clad sexual subculture comes to mind when they hear the phrase "sadomasochism." But as psychiatrist Martin Kantor explains in this book, sadomasochism is generally about power, control, dominance, and submission, dynamics that are subtle and pervasive in all of our lives, from home life to work life to social interactions including political arenas. The bottom line: sadomasochism is about the giving or receiving pleasure from the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation and both pain and pleasure can be purely emotional, no sexual or physical context necessary.
Kantor deconstructs sadomasochism to show us how it affects each of us, consciously or not. He explains the "life phases" of sadomasochism, the role early trauma plays in this self-defeating action when it reaches a neurotic level, and the damage it does to individuals, loved ones, and society. This ground-breaking book will appeal to psychology students and researchers, as well as general readers with an interest in psychology.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: A SummaryPart One: Recognizing the ElementsChapter 1Introduction: An Overview
Chapter 2Unique Characteristics of Sadomasochism
Chapter 3More Unique Characteristics of Sadomasochism
Chapter 4The Sadomasochism of Everyday Life: Negative and Positive Aspects
Chapter 5The Fundamental Role That Anger Plays in Individual Sadomasochism
Chapter 6Sadomasochistic Groups
Part Two: CausationChapter 7Causal Classification: An Overview of Various Pathways of Development
Chapter 8Classification According to the Level of Psychiatric Illness: The Psychotic Spectrum
Chapter 9Classification According to the Level of Psychiatric Illness: The Neurotic and Personality Disorder Spectrum
Chapter 10Classification According to the Level of Psychiatric Illness: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter 11Various Motivations for Being a Sadomasochist
Chapter 12Comorbid Contributions
Chapter 13Cognitive Causality and Therapy
Part Three: TreatmentChapter 14Therapy
NotesIndex
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Martin Kantor, MD is a Harvard psychiatrist who has been in full private practice in Boston and New York City, and active in residency training programs at several hospitals, including Massachusetts General and Beth Israel in New York. He also served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical School and as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—New Jersey Medical School. He is currently a full-time medical author, the author of more than a dozen other books, including Homophobia, Second Edition (Praeger 2009); Uncle Sam's Shame: Inside the Veteran's Administration (Praeger 2008); Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men: Its Causes and Solutions (Praeger 2007); The Psychopathy of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us (Praeger, 2006); Understanding Paranoia: A Guide for Professional, Families, and Sufferers (Praeger 2004); Distancing: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Revised and Expanded (Praeger, 2003), Passive-Aggression: A Guide for the Therapist, the Patient, and the Victim (Praeger, 2002), Treating Emotional Disorder in Gay Men (Praeger, 1999), and Homophobia (Praeger, 1998).
