Psychopathia Sexualis

Psychopathia Sexualis: eine Klinisch-Forensische Studie (Sexual Psychopathy: A Clinical-Forensic Study, also known as Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathetic Sexual Instinct: A Medico-forensic Study) is an 1886 book by Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing and one of the first texts about sexual pathology. The book details a wide range of paraphilias and focuses on male homosexuality/bisexuality (the "antipathetic instinct" of the subtitle). Krafft-Ebing also coined the terms "sadism and masochism" as well as borrowing the term bisexual from botany in the book.

This article is about the book by Richard von Krafft-Ebing. For other uses, see Psychopathia Sexualis (disambiguation).
The first edition of Psychopathia Sexualis (1886)

The Psychopathia Sexualis is notable for being one of the earliest works on homosexuality. Krafft-Ebing combined Karl Ulrichs' Urning theory with Bénédict Morel's theory of disease and concluded that most homosexuals have a mental illness caused by degenerate heredity. The book was controversial at the time, arousing the anger of the church in particular.

The book had a considerable influence on continental European forensic psychiatry in the first part of the 20th century. It is regarded as an important text in the history of psychopathology.[1]

In 2006, an independent film based on the book was made in Atlanta; the film was titled Psychopathia Sexualis.[2]

References
  1. De Vleminck, Jens (2017). "Sadism and Masochism on the Procrustean Bed of Hysteria: From Psychopathia Sexualis to Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality". Psychoanalysis and History. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press. 19 (3): 381. doi:10.3366/pah.2017.0232. hdl:1854/LU-6984879.(subscription required)
  2. "Psychopathia Sexualis". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved July 16, 2014.


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