Masochism

The Art of Power

Nick Mansfield (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

126 Seiten

1997
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-275-95702-5 (ISBN)

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How does the male masochist provide a metaphor for modern and postmodern power? Through a study of the representations of masochism in literature, psychopathology, philosophy, and cultural theory, Mansfield challenges our fundamental assumptions about masculine power in the postmodern era, arguing that masculine power has become masochistic. In the later twentieth century, the author argues, power presents itself as powerlessness but this deconstruction of traditional masculine authority does not result in a diminution of power. This provocative account traces masochism through the writings of Krafft-Ebing, Sacher-Masoch, Freud, Sartre, Proust, Genet, and Foucault.

NICK MANSFIELD is Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He has studied at the University of Sydney, Columbia University, and Yale University. His articles on literary and cultural studies have appeared in a number of international journals.

Introduction
Masochism and Modernity: A Genealogy
Masochism and the Sublime
Masochism and the Total Subject
The Negative Side of Transgression
Masochism as Cultural Meaning
Conclusion
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.1.1997
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	397 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-275-95702-0 / 0275957020
ISBN-13	978-0-275-95702-5 / 9780275957025
Zustand	Neuware