Pleasure is experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad...
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psychoanalysis, jouissance is the transgression of a subject's regulation ofpleasure. It is linked to the division and splitting ofthe subject involved, which...
Hedonism refers to the prioritization ofpleasure in one's lifestyle, actions, or thoughts. The term can include a number of theories or practices across...
Beyond thePleasure Principle (German: Jenseits des Lustprinzips) is a 1920 essay by Sigmund Freud. It marks a major turning point in the formulation of his...
Memoirs of a Woman ofPleasure—popularly known as Fanny Hill—is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748...
Literature and History," CBQ 40 [1978] 20. Alice Bach, "ThePleasureof Her Text Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine," Union Seminary Quarterly Review...
The Book ofPleasure (Self-Love): Psychology of Ecstasy is a chapbook written by artist-occultist Austin Osman Spare during 1909–1913 and self-published...
ThePleasure (Italian: Il piacere) is an Italian erotic drama film directed by Joe D'Amato. Italy in the early 1930s. Gerard, an aristocrat, is in mourning...
and the general concept of "play" (related to Derrida's concept or the ideas advocated by Roland Barthes in ThePleasureoftheText) are among the most...
& Pleasure, however, it was later demoted to a stand-alone single. On June 26, 2017, Banks released the promotional single, "Escapades", from the upcoming...
form of hedonism insofar as it declares pleasure to be its sole intrinsic goal. However, the concept that the absence of pain and fear constitutes the greatest...
Barthes has taught us the close connection between narrative and sexuality, between thepleasuresofthe body and the 'pleasureofthetext'....Romance is a...
The Kippumjo (Korean: 기쁨조; translated as Pleasure Squad, Pleasure Brigade, or Pleasure Group), sometimes spelled Kippeumjo (also Gippumjo or Gippeumjo)...
Scarlet Pleasure is a Danish R&B, soul, funk and pop musical trio made up of Emil Goll as lead vocals, Alexander Malone on bass and Joachim Dencker on...
hypothesized that the feelings of pain (or suffering) and pleasure are part of a continuum. There is strong evidence of biological connections between the neurochemical...
The experience machine or pleasure machine is a thought experiment put forward by philosopher Robert Nozick in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia...
For Your Pleasure is the second studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 23 March 1973 by Island Records. It was their last to feature...
The Convent ofPleasure is a comedic play first published by Margaret Cavendish in 1668. It tells the story of Lady Happy, a noblewoman who chooses to...
array of deficits in hedonic function, including reduced motivation or ability to experience pleasure. While earlier definitions emphasized the inability...