Understanding Pornographic Fiction

This work defends two main theses. First, modern Western pornographic fiction functions as a self-deceptive vehicle for sexual or blood-lustful arousal; and second, that its emergence owes as much to Puritan Protestantism and its inner- or this-worldly asceticism as does the emergence of modern rationalized capitalism.

Aceasta lucrare sustine doua teze principale. In primul rand, fictiunea pornografica occidentala moderna functioneaza ca un vehicul auto-inselator pentru excitare sexuala sau poftitoare de sange; si in al doilea rand, ca aparitia sa se datoreaza la fel de mult protestantismului puritan si ascetismului sau interior sau mondial, precum aparitia capitalismului rationalizat modern.