Psychopathia Sexualis
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Script error: No such module "Lang".: Script error: No such module "Lang". (Sexual Psychopathy: A Clinical-Forensic Study, also known as Script error: No such module "Lang"., with Especial Reference to the Antipathetic Sexual Instinct: A Medico-forensic Study) is an 1886 book by [[Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing|Template:Langr]] and one of the first texts about sexual pathology. The book details a wide range of paraphilias and focuses on male homosexuality/bisexuality (the "antipathetic instinct" of the subtitle). The book coined the terms "sadism and masochism" as well as borrowing the term "bisexual" from botanical nomenclature.
Masochism, which Template:Langr focuses on at length, is, for example, defined as a particular erotic sensibility, in which the individual is, "in his sexual feelings and thoughts, dominated by the idea of being absolutely and unconditionally subjected to a person of the other sex".[1]
The Script error: No such module "Lang". is notable for being one of the earliest works on homosexuality. Krafft-Ebing combined Karl Heinrich Ulrichs' Urning theory with Bénédict Morel's theory of social degeneration and proposed the theory that most homosexuals have a mental illness caused by degenerate heredity.
The book had a considerable influence on continental European forensic psychiatry in the first part of the 20th century. It is regarded as an important text in the history of psychopathology.[2]
In 2006, an independent film based on the book was made in Atlanta; the film was titled Psychopathia Sexualis.[3]
Editions
- The first edition was published in 1886
- Charles Gilbert Chaddock published an English translation in 1892[4]
- At least 12 editions of the book were published in German prior to Kraft-Ebing's death in 1902
- In 1965, an English translation derived from the 12th German edition was written by Franklin S. Kaf, with an introduction by Kaf and a foreword by Joseph LoPiccolo
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External links
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- Template:Trim Psychopathia Sexualis at the Internet Archive
- Template:Trim Psychopathia Sexualis at Google Books