Soul Murder Revisited: Thoughts About Therapy, Hate, Love, and Memory
- List Price: $50.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publish date: 05/01/1999
Dr. Shengold describes various types of child abuse as well as techniques of adaptation and denial by soul murder victims. He explores the psychopathology of soul murder, addressing such issues as instinctual drives, aggression and sexuality, love, and narcissism. In a chapter on sadomasochism, he relates the story of Algernon Swinburne -- who may have been a victim of soul murder -- and he tells about Elizabeth Bishop, who, like Swinburne, has been able to use artistic creativity to transcend the damage sustained by early childhood trauma. Finally he offers suggestions about therapy for the abused and neglected, emphasizing the need to restore the power to care about and love others.