Pain and Pleasure
Download or Read eBook Pain and Pleasure PDF written by Thomas Szasz and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Thomas Szasz |
| Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 1988-12-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0815602308 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780815602309 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Pain and Pleasure by : Thomas Szasz
Book excerpt: In this work Dr. Szasz dispels popular and scientific confusion about what pain and pleasure actually are. Demonstrating the doubtful value of such distinctions as “real” and Imagined” pain, or “physical” and “intellectual” pleasure, he analyses the basic concepts-psychological, philosophical, and sociological-involved in bodily feelings and discusses how these feelings are communicated. Some of the subjects discussed in Pain and Pleasure include: self-mutilation, sexual satisfaction, “hysterical anesthesia,” false pregnancy, laughter, homosexuality, and dream analysis.
