Martin Kantor Md

Social Sadomasochism (eBook, ePUB)

How Emotional Dominance and Submission Affect People's Lives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216146384
• Artikelnr.: 68168023

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Summary Part One: Recognizing the Elements Chapter 1
Introduction: An Overview Chapter 2 Unique Characteristics of Sadomasochism
Chapter 3 More Unique Characteristics of Sadomasochism Chapter 4 The
Sadomasochism of Everyday Life: Negative and Positive Aspects Chapter 5
The Fundamental Role That Anger Plays in Individual Sadomasochism Chapter 6
Sadomasochistic Groups Part Two: Causation Chapter 7 Causal Classification:
An Overview of Various Pathways of Development Chapter 8 Classification
According to the Level of Psychiatric Illness: The Psychotic Spectrum
Chapter 9 Classification According to the Level of Psychiatric Illness: The
Neurotic and Personality Disorder Spectrum Chapter 10 Classification
According to the Level of Psychiatric Illness: Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder Chapter 11 Various Motivations for Being a Sadomasochist Chapter
12 Comorbid Contributions Chapter 13 Cognitive Causality and Therapy Part
Three: Treatment Chapter 14 Therapy Notes Index