TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The language of pain: a philosophical study of BDSM
JO  - Sage open
A1  - Airaksinen, Timo
SP  - e2158244018771730
EP  - e2158244018771730
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - This philosophical article attempts to promote the recognition of the social world of BDSM in philosophical and tropological perspective. BDSM, and especially sadomasochism, is difficult to understand in its own, characteristic motivational perspective because such negative experiences as, say, pain and humiliation, indicate aversion rather than attraction. To cause pain to others is typically condemned. To cosset pain and suffering is said to be perverse. My main point is we that can better understand BDSM via its typical language and rhetoric, especially by paying attention to the key role of linguistic metonymy when we discuss the riddles of pain and pleasure. Also, this article discusses the various ways of talking about and potentially condemning BDSM by calling it a perversion or a paraphilic disorder. I conclude that, within some reasonable limits, BDSM is not vulnerable to the standard forms of criticism.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2158-2440
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244018771730
ID  - ref1
ER  -