Lacan's psychoanalytic take on what makes a pervert perverse is not the fact of habitually engaging in specific "abnormal" or transgressive sexual acts, but of occupying a particular structural positi
This collection, written by leading Lacanian psychoanalytic theorists and practitioners, explores the impact of shifts in contemporary culture, politics and society on the notion of ‘perversion’, whic
How did nerves and neuroses take the place of ghosts and spirits in Meiji Japan? How does Natsume Soseki’s canonical novel Kokoro pervert the Freudian teleology of sexual development? What do we make
This volume represents the first over-arching assessment of perversion as a philosophical category, offering a comparative analysis of Deleuze, Agamben and Lacan’s readings of the relationship b
Des centaines, des milliers et possiblement des millions de personnes ont une peur terrible de la fin du monde et pourtant cette derni re a pour but de d livrer les enfants de Dieu des mains meurtri r
Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these
Genocide is a matter of law. It is also a matter of history. Engaging some of the most disturbing responses to the Armenian genocide, Marc Nichanian strikingly reveals the complex role played by law a
Genteel Perversion: The Films of Gilbert & George is the first book devoted exclusively to a critical analysis of Gilbert & George’s relationship to the moving image. Tracing their trajectory
"In The Perversion of Virtue, suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that 'true' murder-suicide
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 'per
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 'per
Lacan's psychoanalytic take on what makes a pervert perverse is not the fact of habitually engaging in specific "abnormal" or transgressive sexual acts, but of occupying a particular structural positi
Catherine Deneuve is indisputably one of the world’s most celebrated actresses, both in her native France and throughout the world.? Her career has spanned five decades during which she has worked wit
This book is a fascinating glimpse into the history of sexual perversions and diversions including fetishism, cross-dressing, effeminate men and masculinised women, sodomy, tribadism, masturbation, ne
Alessandra Lemma - Winner of the Levy-Goldfarb Award for Child Psychoanalysis!The Perversion of Loss is an edited collection of psychoanalytic papers written by clinicians in the field of trauma. The
This book is an edited collection of psychoanalytic papers written by clinicians in the field of trauma. The text offers a psychoanalytic perspective on trauma and its effects on psychic functioning.
Gaylin (psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons) and Jennings (The Hastings Center and Yale U. School of Public Health) combine psychological and political theory in their argument tha
Jesús "Jess" Franco is an iconic figure in world cinema. His sexually charged, fearlessly personal style of filmmaking has never been in vogue with mainstream critics, but for lovers of the strange an
This is the first critical anthology to offer extended analysis of the representation of sexual perversions on screen. Interrogating the recent shift towards the mainstream in the cinematic representa
This is the first critical anthology to offer extended analysis of the representation of sexual perversions on screen. Interrogating the recent shift towards the mainstream in the cinematic representa
While noting that "art cannot be reduced to confession," Piven (New School for Social Research and New York U.) believes that it is possible to unpack the fantasies of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima
USA Today bestselling author of the King Series, T.M. Frazier, brings you an all-new trilogy with an anti-hero you're going to love to hate and a ballsy heroine with more than just tricks up her sleev
We have entered the age of perversion, an era in which we are becoming more like machines and they more like us. The Age of Perversion explores the sea changes occurring in sexual and social life, mad
We have entered the age of perversion, an era in which we are becoming more like machines and they more like us. The Age of Perversion explores the sea changes occurring in sexual and social life, mad
Long (comparative literature and foreign languages, U. of California, Riverside) considers sexual perversion in Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's aesthetic essays, cultural criticism, cinema writings, and short n