Stalker, Hacker, Voyeur, Spy: A Psychoanalytic Study of Erotomania, Voyeurism, Surveillance, and Invasions of Privacy

by Helen K. Gediman

Overview

This book covers the phenomenon of stalking in its two major variations, sexual and surveillance, by emphasizing its central relevance to today's social, cultural, and political dilemmas with particular reference to stalking in cyberspace and its inevitable invasions of privacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782203513
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/14/2016
Series:	CIPS (Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies) Boundaries of Psychoanalysis
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Helen K.Gediman, PhD, ABPP, FIPA, is Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychology at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, where she is also a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst.She is a member and Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at the Contemporary Freudian Society in both its New York City and Washington D.C. Programs. She is also a member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR); the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA); the Confederation of Independent Societies of the IPA (CIPS), and the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), where she serves as a councillor on its Board of Directors as a delegate of Contemporary Freudians in APsaA (CFIA). Dr Gediman has published extensively in psychoanalytic journals and is the author of 'Fantasies of Love and Death in Life and Art', and co-author of 'Ego Functions in Schizophrenics, Neurotics and Normals' (with Leopold Bellak and Marvin S. Hurvich) and 'The Many Faces of Deceit' (with Janice S. Lieberman). She is in full time private practice in New York City.

Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Preface — Preface — Introduction and overview — Developmental Roots — From psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and attachment theory — Sexual Stalking — Erotomania and unrequited love: case vignettes — Erotomania and unrequited love: film portrayals of sexual stalking — Voyeurism, sadism, and the primal scene in film portrayals of stalking and in filming itself — Gender and sexual stalking — Surveillance Stalking — Film portrayals of surveillance stalking — Stalking and Hacking in the World we Live in: The Planet Earth and Cyberspace — Celebrity stalking — Stalking in cyberspace: hacking and spying — Privacy vs. security in present-day cyber attacks — Epilogue

Editorial Reviews

"Dr. Gediman has written a groundbreaking book about a subject of critical importance to all of us. Hers is the first major psychoanalytic study of the phenomenon of stalking, a category of surveillance that implicates the entire spectrum of human motives. She spotlights its perverse roots by examining rich clinical and cinematic examples. This material is crucial to understanding the use and abuses of personal information and as disturbing as the latest live news feeds. All this, she does in a book that manages to be both lucid and engrossing."

William Fried

"Helen K. Gediman introduces us to the compelling voyeuristic and terrifying world of people invading the privacy of others. She alerts us to the ways that love, aggression, curiosity, and a quest for power unite to bring about threatening human interactions that are suffused with sadomasochism, and shows us how our advanced technologies are used in the service of this perversion, becoming its accomplice. The mental health field, film enthusiasts, and the general public will benefit from exploring this trenchant analysis."

Harriet I. Basseches

"This book takes the reader on a journey through a world that has largely been neglected by psychoanalysts and other mental health professionals. The result is a compelling and absorbing read that is at once both scholarly and accessible to the lay reader. I highly recommend this book as a way of gaining a greater understanding about the disappearance of privacy in our transparent new world."

Glen O. Gabbard

"In her latest book, psychoanalyst Helen K. Gediman bravely explores disparate forms of invasion of privacy. This is a phenomenon with vast psychological and social repercussions, and of momentous proportions in our age of cyberspace interactions and easily accessible multi-media communication. Making reference to the psychoanalytic idea of primal scene curiosity as a powerful metaphor, Gediman extends the concept of stalking to include different instances of its manifestation: from intrusive erotomanic voyeurism to government-sanctioned surveillance activities. convincingly supported by clinical vignettes and detailed descriptions of relevant films, Stalker, Hacker, Voyeur, Spy bridges the areas of sexuality and politics, revealing in the process significant similarities between the interpersonal and institutional dynamics of stalking. A fascinating and disturbing read."

Andrea Sabbadini