Stepchildren of Nature: Krafft-Ebing, Psychiatry, and the Making of Sexual Identity (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226630595 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Very thorough." according to Amazon Customer. Harry Oosterhuis does a fantastic job of describing the thoughts, ideas and philosophies of this 19th and early 20th century psychiatrist. It is scholarly, but clear enough for your average reader.
This well-researched book goes beyond the misperceptions that have been perpetuated by taking his work out of historical context. Syst., Federal Way, WA Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. of Maastricht) examines the emergence of sexual science as Krafft-Ebing was entering psychiatry, his attempts at classifying certain types of sexuality within psychiatry, and an analysis of several case studies, among other topics. From Library Journal The legacy of Viennese psychiatrist Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902) rests largely on his well-known Psychopathia Sexualis, a collection of case studies and an attempt to classify sexual "deviance" systematically. Recommended for larger public and all academic libraries.DDavid Valencia, King Ct
Psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902) played a key role in the construction of the modern concept of sexuality. His influence on the study of sexuality cannot be overstated, but it is often misunderstood. As the author of the famous Psychopathia sexualis, he named and classified virtually all nonprocreative sexualities, synthesizing knowledge on sadism, masochism, fetishism, homosexuality, and exhibitionism. In the tradition of Freud, then, Krafft-Ebing should stand not as a villain, but as a contributor to more modern notions of sexual identity.. He argues that Krafft-Ebing had a deep appreciation of the psyche, and that his work reveals an attempt to separate sexual deviancies from ideas of immorality. Revisiting the case studies on which Krafft-Ebing based his findings, and thus drawing on the voices of his patients and informants, Oosterhuis finds that Krafft-Ebing was not the harsh judge of perversions that we think he was. In the wake of Michel Foucault's influential sexual histories, Kr