TY - JOUR
AU1 - Brenman, Margaret
AB - ON TEASING AND BEING TEASED: AND THE PROBLEM OF "MORAL MASOCHISM"l By MARGARET BRENMAN, Ph.D. (Stockbridge, Mass.) I. INTRODUCTION As the science of psychoanalysis grows, the necessity for trying to "place" various highly organized pieces of clinically observed behavior within a coherent theory of psychological organization is sharpened. It is strange that although the early history of psychoanalysis is replete with instances of metapsychological discussion of complex clinical material, the more recent trend has been to offer, on the one hand, theoretical papers which are sparing of empirical illustration and, on the other, clinical papers which stick rather closely to naturalistic observation. It is hard to know what this means. It could signify that our science has ma­ tured to the point that the logical development of a theoretical argument no longer needs direct support from the treatment room or the experi­ ment; or, as I am more inclined to suspect, it means that a new and ex­ tremely difficult task is being posed by the rapid expansion of various modifications of psychoanalysis as a treatment method. This has provided an unprecedented variety and richness of direct experience, particularly with regard to ego functioning, without a parallel development of 
TI - On Teasing and Being Teased: And the Problem of “Moral Masochism”
JF - The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child
DO - 10.1080/00797308.1952.11823163
DA - 1952-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/on-teasing-and-being-teased-and-the-problem-of-moral-masochism-OAMqIpCi0Z
SP - 264
EP - 285
VL - 7
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -