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Jones, Ernest. Love and Morality: A Study in Character Types. 1.
Fenichel, Otto. The Scoptophilic Instinct and Identification. 6.
Laforgue, R. Exceptions to the Fundamental Rule of Psychoanalysis. 35
Schmideberg, Melitta. On Motoring and Walking. 42.
Love and Morality. See Psychoanal. Rev., Vol. 27, page 206 (from Imago, Vol. 23, Heft 2).
The Scoptophilic Instinct and Identification. See Psychoanal. Rev., Vol. 25, page 560.
Exceptions to the Fundamental Rule of Psychoanalysis. See Psychoanal. Rev., Vol. 26, page 115 (from Internationale Zeitschrift f. Psychoanalyse, Vol. 22, Heft 2).
Schmideberg, M. On Motoring and Walking. Schmideberg traces the unconscious determinants of certain behavior of motorists. The number of fatal road accidents is so high in these days as to have called forth comparisons with the casualties of the War. The comparison between war and dangerous driving is an apt one; in both cases the main factors are sadism, masochism and fear. A statement made by the London Times that safe driving is largely a moral question may be corrected by saying that it is in fact a psychological question. What analyst does not know of patients who drive immersed in their daydreams, and wake up only when confronted with an emergency; or of the inhibited person whose only outlet for aggression is in driving? However useful this outlet may be for the mental balance of the individual, it cannot be said to make for safety on the road. It is not necessary to describe in detail the ways in which Œdipus impulses find expression in driving; in the urge to overtake and resentment at being overtaken; in the wish to keep the road to one's self; in defying the police and exceeding speed limits. Some drivers concentrate their hostility or fear on more powerful rivals; others on younger brothers, smaller cars, cyclists or pedestrians. Positive feelings find expression in helping or rescuing others, in willingness to follow the lead