Perversion or perversity? Genealogy of a medical-legal debate
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https://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-12902018180260Keywords:
Perversion, Perversity, Medical-legal, Genealogy, Politics, FranceAbstract
The article analyzes the conditions of formation of the psychiatric concept of “perversion” and, more specifically, the way in which, from the 1820s, a fundamental structuring opposition between “perversion” and “perversity” in juridical and medical-legal fields was constructed. Understanding this game of opposition and power between both concepts allows assimilating some professional conflicts between doctors and jurists, as well as some political disputes.Downloads
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2018-06-01
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Doron, C.-O. (2018). Perversion or perversity? Genealogy of a medical-legal debate. Saúde E Sociedade, 27(2), 311-325. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-12902018180260