Psychopathia sexualis : a medico-forensic study.
"Richard von Krafft-Ebing is now remembered as the author of Psychopathia Sexualis (Stuttgart, 1886), the first classic in sexual science which has had an enduring influence. After the rapid issue of several editions, the author saw that his book not only brought the solace of comradeship to be...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Pioneer Publications,
1939, reprinted 1947.
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| Summary: | "Richard von Krafft-Ebing is now remembered as the author of Psychopathia Sexualis (Stuttgart, 1886), the first classic in sexual science which has had an enduring influence. After the rapid issue of several editions, the author saw that his book not only brought the solace of comradeship to bewildered victims of sexual deviations, but it brought rationalism to legislation and jurisprudence by helping to erase superannuated laws and superstitious ideas. Krafft-Ebing was a physician who wrote for physicians. He did not want the public to read his book, so he gave it a scientific title, employed technical terms, and inscribed the most exciting parts in Latin. Despite these handicaps, the author proved to be a magnificent reporter: the public swooped down on his book, and for a half-century have held it to their collective bosom. A clinician who reported what he found, Krafft-Ebing stripped aside the twin veils of sham and shame which covered the pathology of sex. In describing the numerous individuals whose sexual impulse was uncontrollable, but for whom normal coitus was impossible, Krafft-Ebing founded modern sexual pathology"--Introd. "This book is a revised translation from the Twelfth German Edition of Psychopathia Sexualis." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 626 pages) |