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Afficher les exemplaires de cette édition ISBNThe history of perversion in the West is told here through astudy of great emblematic figures of the perverse – Gilles de Rais,the mystical saints and the flagellants in the middle ages, theMarquis de Sade in the eighteenth century, the masturbating child,the male homosexual and the hysterical woman nineteenth century,Nazism in the twentieth century, and the complementary figures ofthe paedophile and the terrorist in the twenty–first.
The perverse are rarely talked about and when they are it isusually only to be condemned. They are commonly viewed as monstrousand cruel, as something alien to the very nature of being human.And yet, perversion can also attest to creativity andself–transcendence, to the refusal of individuals to submit to therules and prohibitions that govern human life. Perversionfascinates us precisely because it can be both abject and sublime.Whether they are sublime because they turn to art or mysticism, orabject because they surrender to their murderous impulses, theperverse are part of us because they exhibit something that wealways conceal: our own negativity and our dark side.
"This fascinating book takes us from the question of the origin ofthe perverse through its semiotic displacements in Christianity andlibertinism, by way of Freud as a thinker of the darkEnlightenment, into the emergence of contemporary biocracy andgenocide as delight in evil. Required reading for all studies ofthe history of consciousness."
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University
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Description du livre Hardback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Where does perversion begin? Who is perverse? Ever since the word first appeared in the Middle Ages, anyone who delights in evil and in the destruction of the self or others has been described as 'perverse'. This book tells the history of perversion in the West. N° de réf. du vendeur B9780745645926
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Description du livre Etat : New. Where does perversion begin? Who is perverse? Ever since the word first appeared in the Middle Ages, anyone who delights in evil and in the destruction of the self or others has been described as 'perverse'. This book tells the history of perversion in the West. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. . 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9780745645926
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Description du livre Gebunden. Etat : New. In this provocative, timely, and engaging study of famous perverse figures, Elisabeth Roudinesco offers us a dark mirror for human experience. She persuasively argues that because perversion is a uniquely human activity, it allows us to gain access to as. N° de réf. du vendeur 556563778
Description du livre Etat : New. Where does perversion begin? Who is perverse? Ever since the word first appeared in the Middle Ages, anyone who delights in evil and in the destruction of the self or others has been described as 'perverse'. This book tells the history of perversion in the West. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. . 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9780745645926