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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Niklaus Largier |
| ISBN: | 9781890951658 189095165X 1890951668 9781890951665 |
| OCLC Number: | 65207157 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the German. |
| Notes: | Translation of: Lob der Peitsche. |
| Description: | 526 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Lob der Peitsche. |
| Responsibility: | Niklaus Largier ; translated by Graham Harman. |
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"... In Praise of the Whip remains an intelligent and thoughtful work that shows great understanding of the role of flagellation in religious and sexual contexts. This is a work that escapes from narrow and often prurient readings of flagellatoruy processes that have often dominated academic writing on the subject." Times Higher Education Supplement "The history of arousal that Largier offers is thus very near the heart of the history of being human, that is, the history of being creatures who are both profoundly embodied and inextricably caught up in imagining ourselves capable of transcending mere matter through giving meaning to what we do." Slate Read more...
