Sexual Aberrations: The Phenomena of Fetishism in Relation to Sex, Disorders of the Instincts and Emotions the Parapathiac Disorders

by Wilhelm Stekel, S. Parker (Translator)

1930. Two Volumes in One. This book was written by Dr. Stekel, a physician of acknowledged experience in the field of emotional and instinctual disturbances. He wrote it expressly for physicians and earnest students. Contents of Volume Definition of Fetishism; Analysis of an Individual Love Condition; Erotic Symbolism; The Hieroglyphics of the Fetishist; Fetishism and Incest; Calf Partialism, Sadism and Kleptomania; Partialism and the Cult of the Harem; The Bible of the Fetishist (Corset Fetishism); Analysis of a Foot Fetishist; The Symbolism of Compulsion; and Cases. Contents of Volume Analysis of a Case of Apron Fetishism; Nails and Heels in Man's Love Life; The Masks of Sadism (Pars Pro Toto); A Case of Orthopedic Fetishism; Analysis of a Case of Transvestitism; and Retrospect and Prospect.

Genres: Psychology

Paperback

First published March 1, 1971

About the author

Wilhelm Stekel was an Austrian physician and psychologist, who became one of Sigmund Freud's earliest followers, and was once described as "Freud's most distinguished pupil". According to Ernest Jones, "Stekel may be accorded the honour, together with Freud, of having founded the first psycho-analytic society"; while he also described him as "a naturally gifted psychologist with an unusual flair for detecting repressed material." He later had a falling-out with Freud, who announced in November 1912 that "Stekel is going his own way". His works are translated and published in many languages.

Reviews

[didi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yesterday, after the analytic hour, he felt quite perturbed and was impelled to run about and look for a woman, any woman, a girl, a sexual object that wore sheer stockings and had a narrow ankle. For the first time, he felt curious about how far up he could see, whether he would be able to see as far as the garter and how the stocking was held up (ankle and garter as symbols of pressure and impression). He accosted a girl who seemed quite plainly dressed. He noticed immediately that she was a Jewess, and, although he is a full-blooded Nordic and a German nationalist, too, his weak spot is a Jewess. He feels they have more class, more . . . Well, he asked her to go walking with him and she surprised him by accepting the invitation. Then she began telling him her troubles, how her parents were dead and she had to live with relatives, etc., etc. Although he appeared to be very touched by the story, he never forgot his purpose. He wanted to take her to a hotel. He tried to kiss her, but she slapped him and said, "What do you think I am, anyhow? I want you to know that I'm a decent girl and even if I'm not dressed up in finery, I'll have you understand I'm no prostitute.”