Taking pleasure in pain: How to understand masochistic sexual practices?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sexol.2020.01.002
Abstract: Summary The encounter with a patient who initially came to consult for sleep disorders, which concealed moral suffering linked to masochistic sexual practices with a Domina, was at the origin of this research work. The… read more here.
Keywords: taking pleasure; research; pleasure pain; masochistic sexual ... See more keywords
Affect and Sensation: Plato’s Embodied Cognition
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DOI: 10.1163/15685284-12341344
Abstract: I argue that Plato, in the Timaeus , draws deep theoretical distinctions between sensation and affect, which comprises pleasure, pain, desire and emotion. Sensation (but not affect) is both ‘fine-grained’ (having orderly causal connections with… read more here.
Keywords: pleasure pain; sensation plato; coarse grained; sensation ... See more keywords