LOOKED BY PEOPLE TRYING TO CENSOR OR SUPPRESS LITERATURE IS THAT EROTICALLY REALISTIC WRITING HAS REAL

AND IMPORTANT LITERARY MERIT WHEREAS PORNOGRAPHY HAS NO LITERARY VALUE.

THE FOURTH SECTION IS BY FAR THE MOST INTERESTING IN THAT THE AUTHORS DISCUSS AND EVALUATE SOME OF THE EXCELLENT LITERATURE OF OUR DAY WHICH HAS FALLEN UNDER THE SHADOW OF CENSORSHIP WITHOUT CAUSE. THERE IS A FINAL SUMMARY CHAPTER ON THE GOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF READING REALISTIC LITERATURE. THE BOOK HAS AN ADEQUATE INDEX AND A LENGTHY BIBLIOGRAPHY. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO THOSE INTERESTED IN LEGAL AND ILLEGAL CENSORSHIP, LESBIAN LITERATURE OF MERIT, SUPPRESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF HUMAN CHOICE. PERHAPS BASICALLY AND FUNDAMENTALLY THE BOOK IS CONCERNED WITH THE RIGHT TO READ.

GENE DAMON

DRS. PHYLLIS AND EBERHARD KRONHAUSEN

THE AUTHORS OF "PORNOGRAPHY AND THE LAW", WHO ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE, HAVE LED MORE OR LESS PARALLEL CAREERS IN THE PSYCHOANALYTICAL FIELD. BOTH INITIALLY OBTAINED DEGREES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONTINUED WITH POST-GRADUATE WORK AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. BOTH HAVE SPECIALIZED IN FAMILY THERAPY AND GROUP GUIDANCE, PRESENTING THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS ON FAMILY MILIEU THERAPY WITH SEVERELY DISTURBED PARENTS AT THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR PSYCHIATRY, ZURICH, IN 1957. 1957. BOTH ALSO STUDIED UNDER DR. THEODOR REIK, AND SINCE 1958 HAVE BEEN IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN CALIFORNIA. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE COUNCIL OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPISTS.

TOGETHER THEY HAVE GIVEN VOICE TO MANY UNCONVENTIONAL IDEAS ABOUT SEX. THEY SAY, "IT IS OUR BUSINESS TO HELP PEOPLE RESOLVE EMOTIONAL AND FAMILY PROBLEMS WHICH PREVENT THEM FROM BEING HAPPY AND CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS. IN THAT RESPECT WE DO NOT DIFFER FROM OTHER PSYCHOLOGISTS. WHERE WE DIFFER IS IN OUR EXTREMELY LIBERAL VIEWS ON SEX. ...EVEN TODAY PEOPLE ARE UNWILLING TO ADMIT THE MOTIVATING ROLE OF SEX IN THEIR LIVES."

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