{"product_id":"the-problem-of-perversion-the-view-from-self-psychology-9780300105353","title":"The Problem of Perversion: The View from Self Psychology","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arnold Goldberg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychopathology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerverse sexual behavior--from mild variations on heterosexual activity to fetishism to cross-dressing--is usually linked to sexual and\/or aggressive conflicts in childhood. In this book, Dr. Arnold Goldberg explains and interprets perverse behavior in a different way, by drawing on concepts of psychoanalytic self psychology, a variant of psychoanalysis that originated with Dr. Heinz Kohut and that concentrates on the self as a psychological structure. Psychoanalytic self psychology, says Dr. Goldberg, makes disorders of perversion more understandable and more accessible to treatment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Goldberg expands the definition of perversion, claiming that it is based on three essential components: sexualization (as distinct from sexuality); vertical splitting (where perverse action resides in the split-off part of the self and the other sector of the self, which knows right from wrong, is temporarily stilled); and psychological family dynamics. Dr. Goldberg explains each of these three dimensions and provides a number of illustrations. He also discusses the possibility of interpreting homosexuality as a compensatory structure, the relation of hostility to perversion, types of perverse behavior that are readily treatable, and the reasonable goals of such treatment.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614868947095,"sku":"9780300105353","price":3168.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300105353.webp?v=1775097128","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-problem-of-perversion-the-view-from-self-psychology-9780300105353","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}