{"product_id":"masochism-coldness-and-cruelty-venus-in-furs-9780942299540","title":"Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty \u0026 Venus in Furs","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his stunning essay Coldness and Cruelty Gilles Deleuze provides a rigorous and informed philosophical examination of the work of late nineteenth-century German novelist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Deleuzes essay  certainly the most profound study yet produced on the relations between sadism and masochism  seeks to develop and explain Masochs peculiar way of desexualizing love while at the same time sexualizing the entire history of humanity. He shows that masochism is something far more subtle and complex than the enjoyment of pain  that masochism has nothing to do with sadism: their worlds do not communicate  just as the genius of those who created them  Masoch and Sade  lie stylistically  philosophically  and politically poles apart.  Venus in Furs  the most famous of Masochs novels  belongs to an unfinished cycle of works that Masoch entitled The Heritage of Cain. The cycle was to treat a series of themes  including love  war  and death. The present work is about love. Although the entire constellation of symbols that has come to characterize the masochistic syndrome can be found here  fetishes  whips  disguises  fur-clad women  contracts  humiliations  punishment  and always the volatile presence of a terrible coldness  these received associations do not eclipse the truly singular and surprising power of Masochs eroticism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44857345278005,"sku":"ByrdShop_094229954X","price":337.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780942299540.jpg?v=1784752700","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/masochism-coldness-and-cruelty-venus-in-furs-9780942299540","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}