Lussier begins with an extensive review of previous writings on perversion and fetishism. From this review, he concludes that denial and disavowal maintain their central role while the role of splitting is subject to theoretical controversy. He notes that on the basis of current concentration on pregenital factors and the primacy of the genetic point of view, one would think that analysts no longer had any sense of the importance of the oedipus complex. Lussier seeks to restore the balance and to return the oedipal conflict to its primacy in the theoretical field, while reserving a proper place to pregenitality. He provides clinical material in an attempt to delineate those factors most specific for the fetishistic structure. Compulsive control and