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sadism/masochism (sadisme/masochisme) The terms 'sadism' and 'masochism' were coined by Krafft-Ebing in 1893, with reference to the Marquis de Sade and Baron Sacher von Masoch. Krafft-Ebing used the terms in a very specific sense, to refer to a sexual PERVERSION in which sexual satisfaction is dependent upon inflicting pain on others (sadism) or upon experiencing pain oneself (masochism). When Freud took up the terms in his Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, he used them in the same sense as Krafft-Ebing (Freud, 1905d). Following Krafft-Ebing, Freud posited an intrinsic connection between sadism and masochism, arguing that they are simply the active and passive aspects of a single perversion.==Jacques Lacan==[[Lacan ]] too argues that [[sadism ]] and [[masochism ]] are intimately related, both [[being ]] related to the [[drive|invocatory drive (which he also calls the 'sado-masochistic drive'; ]]<ref>{{S11, }} p. 183). </ref> Both the [[masochist ]] and the [[sadist ]] locate themselves as the [[object ]] of the [[drive|invocatory drive]], the [[voice]]. However, whereas [[Freud ]] argues that [[sadism ]] is primary, [[Lacan ]] argues that [[masochism ]] is primary, and [[sadism ]] is derived from it: '"sadism is merely the [[disavowal ]] of masochism' (Sll, ."<ref>{{S11}} p. 186).</ref> Thus, whereas the [[masochist ]] prefers to [[experience ]] the [[pain ]] of [[existence ]] in his own [[body]], the [[sadist ]] rejects this [[pain ]] and forces the [[Other ]] to bear it (.<ref>{{Ec}} p. 778</ref> [[Masochism]] occupies a special [[place]] among the [[perversion]]s, 778)just as the invoking [[drive]] occupies a privileged place among the [[drive|partial drive]]s; it is the "[[limit]]-experience" in the attempt to go ''beyond'' the [[pleasure principle]].

Masochism occupies a special place among ===Jouissance===Although ''[[jouissance]]'' is linked to the perversions[[sensation]] of [[physical]] or [[mental]] [[pain|suffering]], there is an important [[difference]] between [[masochism]] and ''[[jouissance]]''. In [[masochism]], just as the invoking drive occupies [[pain]] is a privileged place among the partial drivesmeans to [[pleasure]]; it [[pleasure]] is taken in the very fact of [[pain|suffering]] itself, so that it becomes difficult to distinguish [[pleasure]] from [[pain]]. With 'limit-experience' [[jouissance]]'', on the other hand, [[pleasure]] and [[pain]] remain distinct; no [[pleasure]] is taken in the attempt to go beyond [[pain]] itself, but the [[pleasure principle]] cannot be obtained without paying the price of [[pain|suffering]]. It is thus a kind of ''deal'' in which "[[pleasure]] ''and'' [[pain]] are presented as a single packet."<ref>[[Seminar]] of 27 February 1963. J. Lacan, [[The Seminar]]. Book VII: The [[Ethics]] of [[Psychoanalysis]]. p. 189.</ref>

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