Bol‘ tak priyatna. Nauka i kul‘tura boleznennyh udovol‘stviy

Mazohizm vsegda byl chast‘yu chelovecheskoy kul‘tury. Sut‘ ego kazhetsya prostoy: ispytat‘ bol‘, posle chego na kontraste pochuvstvovat‘ sebya namnogo luchshe. V tom ili inom vide mazohizm prisushch millionam lyudey: trudogolikam, poklonnikam tatu, BDSM-aktivistam, ul‘tramarafoncam, balerinam, religioznym asketam i lyubitelyam nevynosimo ostrogo perca. Variacii mazohizma mogut byt‘ oshelomlyayushchimi, i razlichnye ego grani davno ozhidali svoego issledovatelya. Li Kovart – ideal‘nyy dlya etoy temy issledovatel‘. Vsyu zhizn‘ ona byla zayadlym mazohistom, nahodyashchimsya v poiskah samyh ostryh boleznennyh oshchushcheniy. Na stranicah etoy knigi ona prinimaet uchastie v BDSM-sessiyah, razbiraetsya, zachem lyudi davyatsya zhguchimi percami i obshchaetsya s psihologami, a takzhe drugimi lyud‘mi, ishchushchimi udovol‘stviya v boli. Kovart issleduet, kak nash mozg i telo reagiruyut na bol‘, kakoy v ney smysl i kak ona mozhet poglotit‘ nas celikom.