Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. I. The Sexual Experience 1
6. 2. Sexual Excitement and Erotic Desire 15
7. 3. Mature Sexual Love 32
8. 4. Love, Oedipus, and the Couple 48
9. 5. Psychopathology 64
10. 6. Aggression, Love, and the Couple 81
11. 7. Superego Functions 97
12. 8. Love in the Analytic Setting 113
13. 9. Masochistic Pathology 127
14. 10. Narcissism 143
15. 11. Latency, Group Dynamics, and Conventionality 163
16. 12. The Couple and the Group 176
17. References 189
18. Index 199