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Preceding Freud s Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by more than twenty years, Richard von Krafft-Ebing s Psychopathia Sexualis pioneered the psychological study of sexual behavior. This classic nineteenth-century work on sexual aberration addressed such previously taboo... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1886, Psychopathia Sexualis was a groundbreaking look at the immense varieties of human sexual behavior. Based upon case studies compiled by psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, the book is well known for coining such terms as sadism,... Read Full Overview

Psychopathia Sexualis By R. Von Krafft-Ebing, Charles Gilbert Chaddock

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview