Abstract
Where does perversion start, and who is a pervert? Since the appearance of the word during the Middle Ages, a pervert has been considered as someone who derives pleasure from evil deeds and from the destruction of oneself or others. But if the experience of perversion is universal, each historical period thinks of and treats it differently. The history of perverts in the West is complex, and from medieval times to the present day singularities and systems have become distinct: Sade invented perversion in the modern sense, whereas the nineteenth century isolated the three figures of the masturbating child, the homosexual man, and the hysterical woman. Nazism would become the very essence of the exterminating variety of perverted systems. Our historical period pretends to believe that soon science will enable us to have done with perversion. But, by claiming to eradicate it, do we not risk losing the ability to distinguish between good and evil, something which lies at the very foundation of civilization?
Keywords:
- Keyword: History of Perversion
- Keyword: Medicalization of Perversion
- Keyword: Nazism
- Keyword: Visconti’s The Damned
How to Cite:
Roudinesco, E., (2020) “Some Facets of Perversion”, EJP import test SA.
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