Étude Médico-Légale: Psychopathia Sexualis by R. von Krafft-Ebing
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"Étude Médico-Légale: Psychopathia Sexualis" by R. von Krafft-Ebing is a clinical-forensic study published in 1886. This groundbreaking text examines sexual pathology, detailing various paraphilias with particular focus on male homosexuality and bisexuality. The work coined the terms "sadism" and "masochism" and proposed that most homosexuality stems from degenerative heredity. As one of the earliest psychiatric works on sexuality, it profoundly influenced European forensic psychiatry and remains a significant text in the history
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| Author | Krafft-Ebing, R. von (Richard), 1840-1902 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Csapo, Sigismond |
| Translator | Laurent, Emile, 1861-1904 |
| Title |
Étude Médico-Légale: Psychopathia Sexualis avec recherches spéciales sur l'inversion sexuelle |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathia_Sexualis |
| Credits |
Produced by Ashveen Peerbaye, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender |
| Subject | Paraphilias |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 24766 |
| Release Date | Mar 6, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 15720 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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