Format:
X, 321 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0226630595
Series Statement:
The Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society
Content:
"Psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902) played a key role in the construction of the modern concept of sexuality." "In this new cultural history Harry Oosterhuis invites us to reconsider the quality and extent of Krafft-Ebing's influence. 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. 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. 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
,
Medicine
Keywords:
Krafft-Ebing, Richard von 1840-1902
;
Abweichendes Sexualverhalten
;
Sozialmedizin
;
Geschichte 1850-1950
;
Abweichendes Sexualverhalten
;
Psychiatrie
;
Wissenschaftstheorie
;
Geschichte 1850-1950
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/uchi051/00023399.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0609/00023399-t.html
Author information:
Oosterhuis, Harry 1958-
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