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Masochism : the art of power
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Masochism : the art of power

Author: Nick Mansfield
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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How does the male masochist provide a metaphor for modern and postmodern power? Present orthodoxy understands masculine power as invested in unity, identity, presence and technology. In this provocative work, however, Mansfield challenges our fundamental assumptions about masculine power in the postmodern era. Utilizing representations of masochism in literature, psychopathology, philosophy and cultural theory, the  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nick Mansfield
ISBN: 0275957020 9780275957025
OCLC Number: 34984201
Description: xii, 111 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. Masochism and Modernity: A Genealogy -- 2. Masochism and the Sublime -- 3. Masochism and the Total Subject -- 4. The Negative Side of Transgression -- 5. Masochism as Cultural Meaning.
Responsibility: Nick Mansfield.

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How does the male masochist provide a metaphor for modern and postmodern power? Present orthodoxy understands masculine power as invested in unity, identity, presence and technology. In this provocative work, however, Mansfield challenges our fundamental assumptions about masculine power in the postmodern era. Utilizing representations of masochism in literature, psychopathology, philosophy and cultural theory, the author argues that masculine power can now best be understood as masochistic.

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