Analysis of the Incest Trauma: Retrieval, Recovery, Renewal - Softcover

Klett, Susan A.; Rachman, Arnold W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782202218 ISBN 13: 9781782202219

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Childhood sexual abuse within the family of origin and society's institutions, such as the church, education, sports, and the world of celebrity, has been neglected as a significant issue by psychoanalysis and society. The incest trauma needs to be understood as one of the most significant problems of contemporary society. This book is an attempt to re-establish incest trauma as a significant psychological disorder by tracing the evolutionary trajectory of psychoanalysis from the Seduction Theory to the Oedipal Therapy to the Confusion of Tongues Theory. By examining the theoretical, emotional, interpersonal, and political issues involved in Freud's abandoning the Seduction Hypothesis and replacing it with the Oedipal Complex, we can see how system building became more important than the emotional welfare of children. In a series of chapters the authors demonstrate this neglect of the incest trauma.

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Susan A Klett

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782202218
• ISBN 13: 9781782202219
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368