Perversion. Pajakovskaya K.

Although when developing his psychoanalytic concept of “perversion”, Sigmund Freud clearly tried to get rid of moral assessments that this word has in colloquial speech, the connection of perversion with cruelty and sexuality makes this concept one of the most controversial. Is a perversion of emotion? Or is it a form of thinking, moral beliefs? Is a sexual act a perversion?

The book Claire Padzhakovsk, a leading lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Midlsex, gives answers to these and many other controversial questions on this topic.