Lob der Peitsche: Eine Kulturgeschichte der Erregung

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Lob der Peitsche
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Author: Niklaus Largier
Publisher C.H.Beck
Released Sep 01, 2001
Weight 1.62lbs
ISBN-10 3406480934
ISBN-13 978-3406480935

Lob der Peitsche

(In Praise of the Whip : A Cultural History of Arousal, 2001/2007)

Review 1

The cultural historian Christina Brown delivers a conventional but interesting introduction and critique Largiers "In Praise of the Whip", which carries the subtitle "A Cultural History of excitement", but essentially it tells the story of self-flagellation. This began around the year 1000, says Brown, had its origin in the monasteries and was only much later became a phenomenon of the lay movement. Not repent, but the representation of Christ's sufferings were at the forefront: the body was a place of representation, a "tableau vivant", as it is in brown. Later, the church denounced the practice of flogging as a means of unseemly excitement, and as sanctioned by the flagellation scenes, the pornographic and erotic fantasies of the 19th Century were inspired, the brown is the second part of the rich (imaged volume) much too short. She would have liked to see more courage to interpretations and cross-references such as the history of the Christian veneration of images.

Review 2

Obviously, this book is for the reviewers Navid Kermani, a very interesting read. In an upbeat review, it marks the first scene of the action: the interface between religion and eroticism, and then says, has compiled what rich material from a thousand years of Christian-occidental cultural history Niklaus Largier here. Then he comes to his only disagreement with the author to speak: Largier, it seems, sees the theatricality of the flagellation of its essence. Here will not agree with Kerman. Although each own one-flagellation of dramatic aspect, performs Kermani, they turn to but not always a public - the notion of theatricality about him seems forced. But he quickly wiped away this objection - too rich is the material of the book to him intelligently Largier argues in detail, as he would put the book only because of a slight difference of opinion out of hand. It is particularly strong in depicting the flagellation in religious history - which today seems so foreign to Islam, so Kermani (author of a book about Iran), which can be found with a little flair in their own archaeological culture. Kermani has also read with interest Largiers remarks on the flagellation in erotic literature. He seems less focused on the other hand, the third and shortest section in therapeutic and medical treatises. Where the whip is not connected with the desire to lose, obviously both author and reviewer their interest.

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