{"product_id":"pain-and-pleasure-a-study-of-bodily-feelings-expanded-paperback","title":"Pain and Pleasure: A Study of Bodily Feelings, Second Expanded Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work Dr. Szasz dispels popular and scientific confusion about what pain and pleasure actually are. Demonstrating the doubtful value of such distinctions as \"real\" and Imagined\" pain, or \"physical\" and \"intellectual\" pleasure, he analyses the basic concepts--psychological, philosophical, and sociological--involved in bodily feelings and discusses how these feelings are communicated. Some of the subjects discussed in \u003ci\u003ePain and Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e include: self-mutilation, sexual satisfaction, \"hysterical anesthesia,\" false pregnancy, laughter, homosexuality, and dream analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work Dr. Szasz dispels popular and scientific confusion about what pain and pleasing actually are. Demonstrating the doubtful value of such distinctions as 'real' and 'imagined' pain, or 'physical' and 'intellectual' pleasure, he analyzes; the basic concept--psychological, philosophical, and sociological--involved in bodily feelings and discusses how these feelings are communicated. Some of the subjects discussed in Pain and Pleasure include: self-mutilation, sexual satisfaction. 'hysterical anesthesia, ' false pregnancy, laughter, homosexuality, and dream analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz\u003c\/b\u003e was professor emeritus of psychiatry at the State University of New York's Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. His books include \u003ci\u003eLaw, Liberty, and Psychiatry, The Manufacture of Madness, Ceremonial Chemistry, The Myth of Psychotherapy, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Pharmacracy, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by Syracuse University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.28 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130515853447,"sku":"9780815602309","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5566616e5ae342c4cdf34227d5088995.webp?v=1732611467","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pain-and-pleasure-a-study-of-bodily-feelings-expanded-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}