TY - JOUR
T1 - Uses of Perversity
T2 - Commentary on Saketopoulou's "To Suffer Pleasure"
AU - Dean, Tim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2014/10/2
Y1 - 2014/10/2
N2 - This commentary on Avgi Saketopoulous article develops her startling claim that sexual perversion may be psychically useful. It does so by elaborating the twin concepts of ébranlement (shattering) and enigmatic signifier that Saketopoulou derives from the metapsychology of Jean Laplanche in order to consider an analogy between the work of perversion and the work of psychoanalysis. If sadomasochism holds a psychically transformative potential comparable to that of clinical analysis, then on what grounds should one practice be prioritized over the other?
AB - This commentary on Avgi Saketopoulous article develops her startling claim that sexual perversion may be psychically useful. It does so by elaborating the twin concepts of ébranlement (shattering) and enigmatic signifier that Saketopoulou derives from the metapsychology of Jean Laplanche in order to consider an analogy between the work of perversion and the work of psychoanalysis. If sadomasochism holds a psychically transformative potential comparable to that of clinical analysis, then on what grounds should one practice be prioritized over the other?
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U2 - 10.1080/15240657.2014.970481
DO - 10.1080/15240657.2014.970481
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84916638968
VL - 15
SP - 269
EP - 277
JO - Studies in Gender and Sexuality
JF - Studies in Gender and Sexuality
SN - 1524-0657
IS - 4
ER -