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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.
Table of Contents
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
Product details
| Published | 21 Jan 1997 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 126 |
| ISBN | 9780275957025 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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