Richard von Krafft-Ebing
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| + | "Psychiatrist [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] (1840-1902) played a key role in the construction of the modern concept of [[human sexuality|sexuality]]. As the author of the famous ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis]]'', he named and classified virtually all [[nonprocreative sexualities]], synthesizing knowledge on [[sadism]], [[masochism]], [[fetishism]], [[homosexuality]], and [[exhibitionism]]. His influence on the study of sexuality cannot be overstated, but it is often misunderstood. In the wake of Michel Foucault's influential sexual histories, Krafft-Ebing is often maligned as a contributor to the repressed Victorian construction of sexual deviancy."--''[[Stepchildren of Nature]]'' (2000) by Harry Oosterhuis | ||
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| + | '''''Stepchildren of Nature: Krafft-Ebing, Psychiatry, and the Making of Sexual Identity''''' (2000) is a book by [[Harry Oosterhuis]]. | ||
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| + | :"On the one hand, leading Enlightenment thinkers like [[Denis Diderot]] (1713—1784) and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] (1712—1778) believed that unspoiled nature offered a foundation for both moral behavior and harmonious relations between the individual and society. | ||
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| + | :On the other hand, the [[Marquis Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade]] (1740—1814), [[Baron Paul Dietrich d'Holbach]] (1723—1789), [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]] (1741—1803), and others argued that nature was profoundly riven by inner tensions, contradictions, and disruptive forces: natural drives were ethically neutral or even blindly [[amoral]] and thus could not provide a foundation on which to build a peaceful society." | ||
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| '''Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing''' (full name '''Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing''') (14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was an [[Austro–German psychiatrist]] and author of the seminal work ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis]]'' (1886). | '''Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing''' (full name '''Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing''') (14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was an [[Austro–German psychiatrist]] and author of the seminal work ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis]]'' (1886). | ||
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"Psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902) played a key role in the construction of the modern concept of sexuality. As the author of the famous Psychopathia Sexualis, he named and classified virtually all nonprocreative sexualities, synthesizing knowledge on sadism, masochism, fetishism, homosexuality, and exhibitionism. His influence on the study of sexuality cannot be overstated, but it is often misunderstood. In the wake of Michel Foucault's influential sexual histories, Krafft-Ebing is often maligned as a contributor to the repressed Victorian construction of sexual deviancy."--Stepchildren of Nature (2000) by Harry Oosterhuis |
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Stepchildren of Nature: Krafft-Ebing, Psychiatry, and the Making of Sexual Identity (2000) is a book by Harry Oosterhuis.
On nosology:
- "Also, French specialists on sexual deviance tended to classify all perversions under a single nosological entity, be it inversion (Charcot and Magnan) or fetishism (Binet), whereas central European psychiatrists, like Krafft-Ebing, in generally isolated the numerous disorders in various subclassifications."
On innate goodness vs. innate cruelty.
- "On the one hand, leading Enlightenment thinkers like Denis Diderot (1713—1784) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712—1778) believed that unspoiled nature offered a foundation for both moral behavior and harmonious relations between the individual and society.
- On the other hand, the Marquis Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade (1740—1814), Baron Paul Dietrich d'Holbach (1723—1789), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741—1803), and others argued that nature was profoundly riven by inner tensions, contradictions, and disruptive forces: natural drives were ethically neutral or even blindly amoral and thus could not provide a foundation on which to build a peaceful society."
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Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing) (14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was an Austro–German psychiatrist and author of the seminal work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).
Krafft-Ebing who was born in Mannheim in Baden, Germany, studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg where he specialized in psychiatry, and later practiced in psychiatric asylums. After leaving his work in the asylums, he pursued a career in psychiatry, forensics, and hypnosis.
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