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The Preoedipal Origin and Psychoanalytic Therapy of Sexual Perversions

4 reviews
Charles W. Socarides

International Universities Press, 1988

A TRIUMPH IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
By definition, the neuroses cause pain for the neurotic, while perversions paradoxically--and harmfully--bring pleasure to the pervert. In his seminal work on human sexuality, psychoanalyst Charles Socarides, acknowledged world authority on homosexuality, outlines and explains the major sexual perversions, namely voyeurism, sadism, masochism, exhibitionism, homosexuality, fetishism, pedophilia, ...

No Contest : Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America

5 reviews
Ralph Nader

Random House, 1996

important
No Contest book by Ralph Nader and Wesley Smith.... In their book No Contest by Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, the authors give a series of examples about law at the corporate level. Many of their examples deal with wronged individuals suing a corporation. Frequently the plaintiffs are frustrated by a series of delays, misrepresentations, intentional misunderstandings, and multiple appeals. ...

Candor and Perversion: Literature, Education and the Arts

4 reviews
Roger Shattuck

W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Reason rendered eloquently
As with his previous works, such as FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE and THE INNOCENT EYE, Roger Shattuck manages to cover many topics in his new book. There is no thematic link between the essays--it is enough that Shattuck writes well about each subject. Shattuck is, along with William Pritchard, Denis Donoghue, and Andrew Delbanco, one of our most perspicacious and eloquent critics, as he is equally ...

The Spirits of Sexual Perversion Handbook

11 reviews
Laneen A. Haniah

Victoriously Free! Publishing, 2007

A Way Out of the Web
In her book, "The Spirits of Sexual Perversion", author Laneen Haniah presents various forms of dysfunctional sexuality, and the ways to conquer them. This book is a must read for those that are struggling to break free from the web of sexual addictions, as well as those that have family members or friends with the struggle. One of the aspects that I so appreciated about the book is that Laneen ...

Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

4 reviews
Mary Gail Frawley-ODea

Vanderbilt University Press, 2007

Excellent and insightful book!
This is the book that connects the dots on the sexual abuse crises in the Catholic church. It helps one to understand how such a thing might have happened, giving the history of the church. I highly recommend this book if one is interested in learning about human sexuality re: laity, priests, bishops and even the pope.

A Perversion of Justice: A Southern Tragedy of Murder, Lies and Innocence Betrayed

18 reviews
Kathryn Medico, Mollye Barrows

Avon, 2004

A Wake Up Call to America's Juvenile Injustice System
A Perversion of Justice hit the nail on the head. Great work Mollye and Kathryn! The book explains through a child's eye the horrors of today's juvenile injustice system. I hope the book is bought by every American family and read by every parent. The tough on juvenile crime political bandwagon parading in this country has been misinterpreted by parents who really have no concept of what they ...

Aggression in Personality Disorders and Perversions

3 reviews
Otto Kernberg

Yale University Press, 1995

a treasure trove of clinical wisdom
Kernberg brings his clinical acumen and unique blend of ego psychology and object relations to bear upon the problem of aggression, particularly rage and its cognitively higher-level manifestation as hatred, in severe personality disorders. He begins by offering a sensible formulation of affect theory, a developmental model which the clinician can use as a checklist: when the patient approaches ...

Kinkorama: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Perversion

3 reviews
Simon Sheppard

Alyson Books, 2003

Bright, thought-provoking, and sexy
I've enjoyed Simon Sheppard's well-written erotica in the past, but with Kinkorama he's proven that he can not only describe hot and kinky man-to-man sex, he can ponder and contemplate its deeper meanings. This book, in other words, appeals to the reader's mind, heart, and groin all at once. A fine combination of readable style, personal reflection, tasty erotic detail, and wide-ranging ...

The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy, and Perversion from Fin-de-Siècle France

3 reviews

Zone Books, 1998

The ultimate decadent sourcebook
I spent several months reading this fantastic collection of many previously hard-to-find texts, finally brought together in one nicely packaged volume. It's by far the best of its kind that I've seen yet, and there aren't many decadent collections out there -- Dedalus usually has the market cornered for that type of thing. For me, the highlight was "The Future Eve" by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, a ...

Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred

1 review
Robert J. Stoller

Amer Psychiatric Pub, 1986

Ahead of its Time
Robert J. Stoller was a man of intellectual force who was definitely ahead of his time. My review follows the reading of the 1975 edition of Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred. I was at first cautious about reading a book from so long ago because I expected it to be dated. However, the title intrigued me. I found it to be quite an enjoyable and informing read, and it expressed views on ...

Bellmer Le Principe De Perversion

1 review
Hans Bellmer

Idea Books Amsterdam, 2000

most complete bellmer work to date
The number of reproductions and the quality of the printing in this book is unsurpassed in any other Bellmer book i have seen. I own seven others, which were nearly impossible to track down, and cost me and arm and a leg.... and if this book were out earlier, this one alone may have completed my Hans Bellmer collection. for me, what really drew me in to getting this book was the number of ...

Paul's Gathering or Prewrath Perversion? (The Falling Away of the Last Days)

1 review
Carl W. Denson

Midweek Publishing, 2004

Paul's Gathering or Pre-wrath Perversion
I have thoroughly reviewed the book, "Paul's Gathering and Prewrath Perversion". I have also given intensive study to Pastor Denson's bible studies that are now imbedded within this book. My studies of this man's work has encompassed over 2 years. This book illuminates the Holy Scriptures concerning end times prophecies like no other. The reader will never view the bible in the same way after ...

Wealth By Stealth: Corporate Law, Corporate Crime, and the Perversion of Democracy

2 reviews
Harry Glasbeek

Between the Lines, 2003

Detailed and Revealing
What a tour de force! Revealing and detailed, this resource is heavy duty stuff for anyone who wants to fully understand the history, background and foundation for those general feelings some of us have that there is a problem with the entity we call the corporation, and the legal basis for capitalist -- and democratic free market -- society. A vast wealth of information is offered as notes to ...

Spiritual Perversion

3 reviews
Steve Sanchez

Turnkey Press, 2005

Spiritual Perversion
Spiritual Perversion is the biographical account of Steve Sanchez's experiences during his 15 years with the Spiritual Rights Foundation (SRF). At 21 years of age, Steve was a talented artist taking on a number of dead end jobs to support his young wife and daughter. However, Steve yearned for more. Steve was well versed in Jungian theory and the works of D.H. Lawrence, Jack Schafer, and C.S. ...

Creativity and Perversion

1 review
Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel

Free Association Books, 1984

Chasseguet-Smirgel's masterpiece
Why do we wish to remake the world? Why do we wish to destroy the cultural products of the generation that has come before us? Why do we reject coherence and rationality in favor of personality and illusion? The pull is great and disastrous, inevitably; and the pleasures are undeniable. How do we climb out of the great muck to the hard light of reality? And why should we? Is sublimation ...

Perversions on Parade: Brazilian Literature of Transgression and Postmodern Anti-Aesthetics in Glauco Mattoso

1 review
Steven F. Butterman

Hyperbole Books, 2005

new VENTURE in Latin American Studies from Hyperbole Books
Steven Butterman's book is the 1st book-length scholarly treatment in English of the Brizilian poet Glauco Mattoso's work. Phenomena studied include fetishism, homosexuality/queer dynamics, and symbolic sadomasochism. Butterman's groundbreaking work provides a comparative examination of transgressive literature in the Western canon--Rimbaud, Baudelaire, and Verlaine, all appear, to name a few ...

The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story Of Soviet Science

2 reviews
Dr. Vadim J. Birstein

Basic Books, 2004

The Soviets were as evil as the Nazi's!
Vadim Birstein has captured the sad and evil essence of Soviet Science. I always was mystified why theoretical science and math were so advanced in the former Soviet Union while APPLIED science/math and engineering failed so miserably. This book explains the reasons why. The other revelation is that experimentation on political prisoners was commonplace in the former Soviet dictatorship. I ...

The Language of Perversion and the Language of Love

1 review
Sheldon Bach

Jason Aronson, 1994

A marvelous exploration of self states and their regulation.
Sheldon Bach has written a teriffic book not only about perversion, but also about the development of self states and their regulation. While all of us have the capacity to have masochistic and sadistic elements in out intimate relationships, not all of us become frozen in those dynamics. In his eloquent work, Mr. Bach simply states,"The pain of suffering defends against the greater pain of ...

Man Behind the Smile: Tony Blair and the Politics of Perversion

1 review
Leo Abse

Robson Book Ltd, 1997

CONSENSUS BY DIKTAT AND THE POLITICS OF PERVERSION
These are the author's own phrases characterising Blair's premiership, so first a word about who he is. Leo Abse, now in his late 80's, is a retired Labour member of parliament from the mining community of South Wales. He is the author of a similar study of Margaret Thatcher, but what I had mainly remembered about him was the story of a meeting he addressed in his own locality at which the ...

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