Illusion of Love Why the Battered Woman Returns to Her Abuser

Name: Illusion of Love Why the Battered Woman Returns to Her Abuser
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ISBN: 9780231100373

ISBN-10: 023110037X

ISBN-13: 9780231100373

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Celani

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Domestic violence is a pervasive problem in our society that has only recently come to be acknowledged in public discussion. Though many see it as a social and political problem grounded in unequal gender roles, this level of analysis fails to explain adequately why many battered women return to their abusers despite intense suffering and the certainty of more physical violence. The Illusion of Love challenges the prevailing model, which views the victim of abuse as a normal woman who is unable to escape from her batterer due to the effects of terror and psychological collapse. Instead, David Celani offers a new answer--that women who are battered have a fundamental attraction to partners…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/12/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.85" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.682



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Three Psychological Models of Human Functioning



The Three Basic Ego Processes That Lead to Psychological Maturity



Personality Disorders: The View from the Outside



The Two Defenses of the Abused Woman: The Moral Defense Against Bad Objects and the Splitting Defense



The Battering Cycle and the Victim's Return to the Abuser



An Object Relations Approach to the Psychotherapy of the Battered Woman


References


Index