Um capítulo esquecido na história da psicologia? sexualidades desviantes, psicopatologia e normalidade / A forgotten chapter in the history of psychology? deviant sexualities, psychopathology, and normality / ¿Un capítulo olvidado en la historia de la psicología? sexualidades desviadas, psicopatología y normalidad

Este artigo tem como objetivo produzir uma análise histórica sobre as intersecções entre Psicologia e sexualidade desviantes da norma no Brasil, de fins do século XIX a meados da década de 1980. Esta temporalidade foi escolhida por abarcar o surgimento das pesquisas científicas sobre sexualidade e desvios sexuais, a consolidação dos estudos psicológicos sobre a temática e o processo mais recente de despatologização da homossexualidade. Em termos teóricos e metodológicos, foram adotados os pressupostos da História Social da Psicologia e da historiografia das homossexualidades no Brasil. Desse modo, buscou-se compreender como as ideias, concepções e práticas psicológicas foram mudando ao longo do tempo, em conexão com as transformações socioculturais e políticas que ocorreram durante o século XX. Para isto, foram utilizadas fontes primárias e secundárias de pesquisa com vistas à produção de interpretações sobre as conexões entre as ideias, os atores e os eventos narrados. Argumenta-se, ao longo do artigo, que as ideias e práticas psicológicas estão intrinsecamente conectadas aos contextos socioculturais e políticos de seu tempo, sendo os movimentos dinâmicos e os conflitos presentes nesses contextos fatores determinantes para a sua constituição.(AU)

This article aims to produce a historical analysis of the intersections between Psychology and sexualities that deviate from the norm in Brazil, from the late 19th century to the mid-1980s. This period was chosen because it encompasses the emergence of scientific research on sexuality and sexual deviations, the consolidation of psychological studies on the subject and the most recent process of de-pathologization of homosexuality. Theoretically and methodologically, the assumptions of the Social History of Psychology and the historiography of homosexualities in Brazil were adopted. Therefore, we sought to understand how psychological ideas, conceptions and practices have changed over time, in connection with the sociocultural and political transformations that occurred throughout the 20th century. For this, primary and secondary sources of research were used to produce interpretations about the connections between the ideas, the actors and the narrated events. It is argued, throughout the article, that the psychological ideas and practices are intrinsically connected to the sociocultural and political contexts of their time, being the dynamic movements and conflicts present in these contexts determining factors for their constitution.(AU)

Este artículo tiene como objetivo realizar un análisis histórico de las intersecciones entre la Psicología y las sexualidades desviadas de la norma en Brasil desde finales del siglo XIX hasta mediados de la década de 1980. Esta temporalidad fue elegida por abarcar el surgimiento de las investigaciones científicas sobre sexualidad y desvíos sexuales, la consolidación de los estudios psicológicos sobre el tema y el más reciente proceso de despatologización de la homosexualidad. En el marco teórico y metodológico, se adoptaron los presupuestos de la Historia Social de la Psicología y de la historiografía de las homosexualidades en Brasil. De esta manera, se pretende comprender cómo las ideas, concepciones y prácticas psicológicas han cambiado a lo largo del tiempo, en conexión con las transformaciones socioculturales y políticas ocurridas durante el siglo XX. Para ello, se utilizaron las fuentes de investigación primarias y secundarias con miras a generar interpretaciones sobre las conexiones entre las ideas, los actores y los eventos narrados. Se argumenta, a lo largo de este artículo, que las ideas y las prácticas psicológicas están intrínsecamente conectadas a los contextos socioculturales y políticos de su tiempo, y los movimientos dinámicos y los conflictos presentes en estos contextos fueron los factores determinantes para su constitución.(AU)

Physical Pain as Pleasure: A Theoretical Perspective.

Physical pain represents a common feature of Bondage and Discipline/Dominance and Submission/Sadism and Machochism (BDSM) activity. This article explores the literature accounting for how painful stimuli may be experienced as pleasurable among practitioners of BDSM, and contrasting this with how it is experienced as painful among non-BDSM individuals. We reviewed the available literature on pain and on BDSM, and used the findings to postulate a theory accounting for how painful stimuli are experienced as pleasurable. Our theory was then checked with BDSM practitioners. The emotional, physiological, and psychological elements of pain interact to facilitate the experience of pain as pleasure in BDSM. A multitude of interconnected factors was theorized to alter the experience of BDSM pain, including: neural networks, neurotransmitters, endogenous opioids and endocannabinoids, visual stimuli, environmental context, emotional state, volition and control, interpersonal connection, sexual arousal, and memories. The experience of pain in this context can bring about altered states of consciousness that may be similar to what occurs during mindfulness meditation. Through understanding the mechanisms by which pain may be experienced as pleasure, the role of pain in BDSM is demystified and, it is hoped, destigmatized.

Extreme rituals in a BDSM context: the physiological and psychological effects of the 'Dance of Souls'.

Participation in extreme rituals (e.g., fire-walking, body-piercing) has been documented throughout history. Motivations for such physically intense activities include religious devotion, sensation-seeking and social bonding. The present study aims to explore an extreme ritual within the context of bondage/discipline, dominance/submission and sadism/masochism (BDSM): the 'Dance of Souls', a 160-person ritual involving temporary piercings with weights or hooks attached and dancing to music provided by drummers. Through hormonal assays, behavioural observations and questionnaires administered before, during and after the Dance, we examine the physiological and psychological effects of the Dance, and the themes of spirituality, connectedness, transformation, release and community reported by dancers. From before to during the Dance, participants showed increases in physiological stress (measured by the hormone cortisol), self-reported sexual arousal, self-other overlap and decreases in psychological stress and negative affect. Results suggest that this group of BDSM practitioners engage in the Dance for a variety of reasons, including experiencing spirituality, deepening interpersonal connections, reducing stress and achieving altered states of consciousness.

Subjetivação e cura no Neopentecostalismo / Subjective and cure in the Neopentecostal

Este artigo busca analisar algumas relações estabelecidas entre as transformações socioculturais ocorridas na contemporaneidade e a demanda de cura nas igrejas neopentecostais. A demanda de cura é apresentada como um dispositivo ou campo de força agenciador de processos ou modos de subjetivação. Os modos de subjetivação nas igrejas neopentecostais evidenciam a constituição do sujeito a partir de uma relação de causalidade direta entre os campos de flexão ou curvatura da fé e da ética. Se a demanda de cura é potencializada pela experiência da fé, por outro lado, os imperativos éticos moldam e limitam as condições para o processo de subjetivação do fiel. Não sendo possível a sustentação das promessas de cura veiculadas pelas igrejas neopentecostais dada a condição estrutural do desamparo humano, busca-se uma articulação possível entre a permanência da demanda de cura e a condição masoquista. O que se desvela nessa relação é o princípio da promessa sem cumprimento, ou seja, exatamente porque não se cumpre é que se sustenta uma posição subjetiva de sempre demandar.(AU)

The purpose of this article is to analyze some relationships which have been established between contemporary socio-cultural transformations and the demand for cures in neo-Petencostal churches. The demand for cures appears to be a stratagem or a field force promoting processes or modes of subjectivity. The modes of subjectivity in the neo-Pentecostal churches give evidence to the constitution of the subject starting from a direct relationship of causality between the fields of the flexion or the curvature of faith and ethics. If, on the one hand, the demand for a cure is potential by the faith of experience, on the other hand, ethical imperatives mould and scan the conditions for the subjective processes of the believer. Since the neo-Pentecostal churches cannot sustain their promises of a cure, and given the structural condition of human helplessness, a possible articulation is procured between the permanence of the demand for cures and the masochistic condiction. What is revealed in this relationship is the principle of unfulfilled promises and it is exactly because the promises remain unfulfilled that the subjective position of ever demanding a cure is sustained.(AU)

Subjetivação e cura no Neopentecostalismo / Subjective and cure in the Neopentecostal / Subjetivación y cura en el Neopentecostalismo

Este artigo busca analisar algumas relações estabelecidas entre as transformações socioculturais ocorridas na contemporaneidade e a demanda de cura nas igrejas neopentecostais. A demanda de cura é apresentada como um dispositivo ou campo de força agenciador de processos ou modos de subjetivação. Os modos de subjetivação nas igrejas neopentecostais evidenciam a constituição do sujeito a partir de uma relação de causalidade direta entre os campos de flexão ou curvatura da fé e da ética. Se a demanda de cura é potencializada pela experiência da fé, por outro lado, os imperativos éticos moldam e limitam as condições para o processo de subjetivação do fiel. Não sendo possível a sustentação das promessas de cura veiculadas pelas igrejas neopentecostais dada a condição estrutural do desamparo humano, busca-se uma articulação possível entre a permanência da demanda de cura e a condição masoquista. O que se desvela nessa relação é o princípio da promessa sem cumprimento, ou seja, exatamente porque não se cumpre é que se sustenta uma posição subjetiva de sempre demandar.

The purpose of this article is to analyze some relationships which have been established between contemporary socio-cultural transformations and the demand for cures in neo-Petencostal churches. The demand for cures appears to be a stratagem or a field force promoting processes or modes of subjectivity. The modes of subjectivity in the neo-Pentecostal churches give evidence to the constitution of the subject starting from a direct relationship of causality between the fields of the flexion or the curvature of faith and ethics. If, on the one hand, the demand for a cure is potential by the faith of experience, on the other hand, ethical imperatives mould and scan the conditions for the subjective processes of the believer. Since the neo-Pentecostal churches cannot sustain their promises of a cure, and given the structural condition of human helplessness, a possible articulation is procured between the permanence of the demand for cures and the masochistic condiction. What is revealed in this relationship is the principle of unfulfilled promises and it is exactly because the promises remain unfulfilled that the subjective position of ever demanding a cure is sustained.

Este artículo busca analizar algunas relaciones establecidas entre las transformaciones socioculturales ocurridas en la contemporaneidad y la demanda de cura en las iglesias neopentecostales. La demanda de cura es presentada como un dispositivo o campo de fuerza proveedor de procesos o modos de subjetivación. Los modos de subjetivación en las iglesias neopentecostales evidencian la constitución del sujeto desde una relación de causalidad directa entre los campos de flexión o curvatura de la fe y de la ética. Si la demanda de cura es potenciada por la experiencia de la fe, por otro lado, los imperativos éticos moldean y limitan las condiciones para el proceso de subjetivación del fiel. No siendo posible la sustentación de las promesas de cura lanzadas por las iglesias neopentecostales dada la condición estructural del desamparo humano, se busca una articulación posible entre la permanencia de la demanda de cura y la condición masoquista. Lo qué se revela en esa relación es el principio de la promesa sin cumplimiento, o sea, exactamente porque no se cumple es que se sostiene una posición subjetiva de siempre demandar.

Beyond the dualism of psyche and soma.

After a historical survey in which the history of the term "psychosomatic" and its invention during the 19th century are retold, as is also the history of modern psychosomatics, the author offers a more personal view, the result of her experience as a classical psychoanalyst and as a practitioner for 27 years at the Paris Institute of Psychosomatics. She develops her current understanding of the theories of the Paris School of Psychosomatics, and selects and elaborates a certain number of concepts essential for clinical work with patients suffering from somatic illnesses. Detailed case studies of two very different patients who are both ill with cancer offer an attempt to show the relevance and application of this specific approach, but which still remains based on psychoanalysis and the most rigorous Freudian metapsychology.

Playing patient, playing doctor: Munchausen syndrome, clinical S/M, and ruptures of medical power.

This article deploys sadomasochism as a framework for understanding medical practice on an institutional level. By examining the case of the factitious illness Munchausen syndrome, this article analyzes the operations of power in the doctor-patient relationship through the trope of role-playing. Because Munchausen syndrome causes a disruption to the dyadic relationship between physicians and patients, a lens of sadomasochism highlights dynamics of power in medical practice that are often obscured in everyday practice. Specifically, this article illustrates how classification and diagnosis are concrete manifestations of the mobilization of medical power.

Transience: its beauty and danger.

The author argues that what he terms transition and what he will call transience go together quite often, but that analysis usually discuss transition rather than transience. In the first half of this paper, he examines Ukiyo-e and Japanese myths and folk tales, so as to introduce the Japanese concept of transience and its pathological connotation. In the second half, he quotes two treatments of self-destructive patients to show the importance of understanding the negative and positive aspects of transience in psychoanalytical terms. He concludes that masochistic identification with the transitory figure(s) can take place along with limitless accumulation of debt, causing everything, including one's own self, to be felt as transient. He points out that a Japanese word 'Arigatou', which is almost equivalent to 'thank you' in English, literally means 'difficult to exist', and thus the importance in Japan of appreciating the transience of valuable things. He considers that while readers may be reminded of Winnicott's discussion of transitional objects, transition is a phenomenological description of movement, while transience is mainly an emotional state, or one of painful feeling. Transience, he believes, is not only a feature of Japanese clinical phenomena but also universal.

Amplification of the erotic enema deviance.

Use of enemas for sexual stimulation has been observed and named klismaphilia. Some klismaphiliacs indulge their taste for enemas in other wise normal sexual settings. Others combine it with fetishes, excretory and otherwise or with masturbation. Still others practice klismaphilia in homosexual or sadomasochistic settings or in group sex.