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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 37-57, March 2026.Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
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Masochism and literature, with reference to selected literary texts from Sacher-Masoch to Duras.
, 1995 PhDThe introductory section of the thesis puts forward a view of the usefulness of the concept of masochism in studying literature, arguing that the tendency has been inadequately formulated by psychoanalytic theory.
Phillips, Anita
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The Economic Problem of Masochism in Education
Confero: Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics, 2018 It is no secret that there is much to learn from masochism. But its lessons have yet to include the thought that educational relations might themselves be structured by a masochistic economy. Given that our claim for the existence of this economy is made
Ansgar Allen, Emile Bojesen
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A Case for Contingent Absurdity
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 266-280, March 2026.Abstract A popular view on existential absurdity holds that if life is absurd, it must be inescapably so. In opposition to this view, I argue that the concept of existential absurdity allows for life to be contingently absurd. In Nausea (1938) and Being and Nothingness (1943), Jean‐Paul Sartre puts forward two distinct conceptions of an absurd life ...
Thom Hamer
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Scritture separate: autocensura testuale e imposizione visuale del bondage in Dino Buzzati
Between, 2015 The last period of Dino Buzzati's literary production (1960-1971) offers topics and stylistic forms that significantly diverge from the author's persona as prematurely proposed by criticism. Buzzati's prose here includes erotic and sensuous themes, while
Antonio Lunardi
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Masoch, Mill and the Morality of Masochism
Natureza Humana - Revista Internacional de Filosofia e PsicanáliseThe aim of this article is to discuss Masoch's moral views from his book ‘Venus in Furs' by analyzing the relationship between Severin and Wanda, in which he is voluntarily enslaved by her. Masoch's views on love, nature and slavery are discussed, as well as Mill's views on slavery contracts.
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Spice It Up: The Impact of Spiciness and Arousal on Cultured Meat Consumption
International Journal of Consumer Studies, Volume 50, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT Cultured meat is an emerging, sustainable protein source; however, it falls short in several aspects, including perceived naturalness, nutritional value, and sensory appeal. Building upon the theory of benign masochism, the research proposes that the sensory imagery of spicy flavour can heighten emotional arousal and, in turn, drive ...
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, 2007 "Masochism today takes the form of reformism" Written on some tape on a garbage dumptser.
Thangsombat, Philip
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Autonomy and masochism in women
, 1989 The primary aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis, derived from a large body of theoretical literature, that disturbances in the development of autonomy are a central feature of masochism in women.
Bragdon, Elizabeth Merle
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Pisarstwo i masochizm Jana Jakuba Rousseau
Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji, 2015 The present paper is an attempt at discursive exercises involving the application of modern psychiatric knowledge, treated as a variant of truth-discourse about human sexuality, for the diagnosis of the mental condition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Wojciech Siegień
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