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April 2007
6 x 9, 550 pp., 52 illus.
$37.00/£23.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
1-890951-65-X
ISBN-13:
978-1-890951-65-8

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From Zone Books:
In Praise of the Whip
A Cultural History of Arousal
Niklaus Largier
Translated by Graham Harman


Acknowledgments11
Introduction13
PART ONE: ASCESIS
ISuffering, Transfiguration, and the Scourge35
IIIn Praise of the Whip75
IIIThe Theater of Flagellants101
IVArousing Images175
PART TWO: EROTICS
VThe Priest, the Woman, and the Divine Marquis221
VIThe "English Vice"333
PART THREE: THERAPEUTICS
VIIThe "Healing Whip"369
VIIIPico's Friend; or, the Basis of Flagellomania425
Epilogue445
Notes457
Bibliography471
Photo Credits514
Index515
 
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