Aggression is often thought of as involving hostility, anger, or destructiveness. The authors of book challenge this view, and justify their new theory to readers on both the theoretical and clinical fronts.

PrefaceSection I: Toward a New View of Aggression in Analysis1. Aggression in Psychoanalysis: Paradigm Shift from Drive to Motivational Theory2. Other Theories3. A Case of Aggression in Analysis: I Always Hurt the One I Love--and Like It Section II: Theoretical Perspectives4. The Agent of Aggressive Action5. Aggression as Motivation6. Affects and Aggression7. Developmental Perspectives on AggressionSection III: Clinical Perspectives8. Aggression in Phobic States9. The Role of Aggression in Sadomasochism10. Aggression in the Analysis of Male Hysteria11. Intensive Psychotherapy of Aggression in a Borderline Personality12. Aggression in the Analytic Process: Technical ConsiderationsReferences