Addictive States of Mind.:

'Perversion is taken to mean different things within psychoanalytic discourse. In this book the authors view perversions, not in terms of specific behaviours, but as a type of blueprint for object relations. While perversions may involve a quest for excitement through sex, drugs or gambling, fo...

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Main Author: Bower, Marion
Other Authors: Hale, Robert, Wood, Heather, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Karnac Books, 2013.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:'Perversion is taken to mean different things within psychoanalytic discourse. In this book the authors view perversions, not in terms of specific behaviours, but as a type of blueprint for object relations. While perversions may involve a quest for excitement through sex, drugs or gambling, for example, the focus here is on the underlying incapacity - or indeed at times refusal - to relate to the other as separate from the self and not as a narcissistic appendage. It is the anxieties aroused by intimacy and relatedness that drive the pursuit of ecstasy and excitement. Psychoanalytic thinking.
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782410584
1782410589

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