Autonomy and Rigid Character

Beginning with a discussion of the problem of autonomy in dynamic psychiatry and a review of its development from infancy to adolescence, the author ofNeurotic Stylesexplores, with numerous clinical examples, the distortion of the development of autonomy in obsessive-compulsive conditions, in sadism and masochism, and, finally, in paranoia.

David Shapiro, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Graduate Faculty, at the New School. He is the author of Neurotic Styles, Autonomy and Rigid Character, and Psychotherapy of Neurotic Character. He practices psychotherapy in New York City.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
The Problem of Individual Autonomy	p. 7
The Development of Autonomy	p. 32
Rigid Character	p. 69
Obsessive-Compulsive Rigidity	p. 78
Sadism and Masochism: General Tendencies	p. 101
Sexual Sadism and Masochism	p. 123
Paranoid Rigidity	p. 134
Index	p. 175
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