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Citation

Grossman L. Psychoanal. Q. 2015; 84(3): 643-664.

Affiliation

Training and Supervising Analyst at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1002/psaq.12023

PMID

26198604

Abstract

The terms sadism, masochism, and sadomasochism seem to have become increasingly, if loosely, associated with aggression in psychoanalytic discourse. This is due in part to the fact that Freud's changing ideas generated confusion about the relative contributions of libido and aggression. The author reviews Freud's variable usage and offers a clinical vignette to illustrate the importance of noticing how sadomasochism may maintain a tie to the object by controlling it. The author offers a developmental speculation for the role reversibility typical of sadomasochistic manifestations. He closes with a comment on the role of sadomasochistic aims in adult sexual perversion.


Language: en

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