On Paedophilia
Review "Cosimo Schinaia’s book On Paedophilia is....an impressive, scholarly, and much needed addition to psychoanalytic literature on this neglected subject. In his Introduction, Schinaia responds to the meagre psychoanalytic bibliography on paedophilia by asking: 'why have psychoanalysts not been interested in the issue of paedophilia, and specifically in the psychopathology of the paedophile'? He not only proceeds to address that question, but through the eleven chapters of his book...
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A topical and complete examination of the phenomena of paedophilia starting with a historical overview and then proceeding to a psychoanalytic examination of its structure and treatment.
Acknowledgements About the Author and Contributors Foreword—Donald Campbell Introduction to The English Edition Introduction1) Social and cultural aspects which foster paedophilic behaviour 2) Myth and paedophilia—Clara Pitto and Cosimo Schinaia3) Fairy tales and paedophilic fantasies—Franca Pezzoni and Cosimo Schinaia4) Notes on the history of paedophilia5) Paedophilia in medical and psychiatric thought—Paolo F. Peloso and Cosimo Schinaia6) Psychoanalysis and paedophilia 7) Contributions to the definition and typology of paedophilic personalities and behaviours through fiction—Paolo F. Peloso, Cosimo Schinaia and Giuseppina Tabò8) The paedophilic relationship 9) A case of paedophilic perversion 10) A case of paedophilic perversity Luisella Peretti and Cosimo Schinaia11) The working group—Luisella Peretti and Cosimo Schinaia Bibliography Index
\ From the Publisher"Cosimo Schinaia’s book On Paedophilia is....an impressive, scholarly, and much needed addition to psychoanalytic literature on this neglected subject. In his Introduction, Schinaia responds to the meagre psychoanalytic bibliography on paedophilia by asking: 'why have psychoanalysts not been interested in the issue of paedophilia, and specifically in the psychopathology of the paedophile'? He not only proceeds to address that question, but through the eleven chapters of his book Dr Schinaia and his colleagues proceed to deepen and broaden our knowledge of the psychopathology of the paedophile."\ \
