Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series editor's foreword -- Foreward -- Introduction: primal masochism: the navel of psychoanalytictheory -- 1 The enigma of pain -- 2 The birth of desire -- 3 Tiredness: a masochism "in the feminine" -- 4 When masochism is lacking -- 5 Thinking: an act of the flesh -- 6 On the destruction of thought processes -- 7 Submission and thought -- Annex: on primary erotogenic masochism: an imaginary dialogue with Benno Rosenberg -- Index