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With contributions from Prachi Akhavi, Salman Akhtar, Ruth Axelrod-Praes, Lisa Crilley, Victoria Curea, Tom DeRose, Nilofer Kaul, Otto Kernberg, Arsalan Malik, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, Philip A. Ringstrom, Louis Rothschild, Asmita Sharma, and Benny Weiss-Steider.
The psychosocial existence of human destructiveness, rage, and cruelty directed at others or the self is clearly demonstrated in events throughout the world. It was Sigmund Freud who revealed that the two tendencies, 'sadism' and 'masochism' constitute a pair - sadomasochism - and often, if not always, coexist in the same fantasy, thought, and action. Mostly, one is on the surface with the other hidden; at other times, a rapid oscillation between the two occurs.
Nonetheless many questions remain unanswered. Are sadism and masochism 'natural' phenomena or products of derailed and traumatic nurture? Are they always pathological? Can sadomasochistic relations ever be kind? The search for answers led to this book. Divided into three parts - conceptual, cultural, and clinical aspects - the contributors explore Freud's changing views, contemporary incarnations, the delusion of omnipotence, misogyny and pornography, altruism and martyrdom, society and the family, childhood grieving and failure of mourning, couples psychotherapy, sexual excitement, cruelty, and the use of the internet. With a masterful blend of classic and contemporary theory and clinical practice, their nuanced and thoughtful voices provide an informative and moving work.
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the editor and contributors
Introduction
PART I: CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS
1. Freud's changing views on sadomasochism
Tom DeRose
2. Freudian sadomasochism and its contemporary incarnations
Louis Rothschild
3. Masochism and the delusion of omnipotence from a developmental perspective
Jack Novick and Kerry Kelly Novick
PART II: CULTURAL ASPECTS
4. Misogyny, sadomasochism, and pornography
Asmita Sharma and Prachi Akhavi
5. The strategic confluence of altruism and sadomasochism in martyrdom
Arsalan Malik
6. Society, sadism, and a satirical take on the family
Victoria Curea
PART III: CLINICAL ASPECTS
7. Childhood grievance, defensive idealization, and sadomasochistic failure of mourning
Lisa Crilley
8. Sadomasochism in couples psychotherapy
Philip A. Ringstrom
9. Sadomasochism, sexual excitement, and perversions
Otto Kernberg
10. On cruelty
Salman Akhtar
11. Analytic struggles and sadistic maneuvers
Nilofer Kaul
12. E-sadomasochism and clinical psychoanalysis
Ruth Axelrod-Praes and Benny Weiss-Steider
References
Index
