Horror and Hedonic Ambivalence

Strohl, Matthew S.

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“…Anger has a similar structure, I think, to sensory masochistic pleasures: we find an emotion that is painful, but by dwelling on it one gets a certain kind of pleasure as well. And in his excellent paper "Horror and Hedonic Ambivalence," Matt Strohl (continuing a theme from Hume) notes that many people like gruesome horror movies in part because they shock, scare, disgust, and horrify (Strohl 2012).…”

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The Penumbral Theory of Masochistic Pleasure

Klein

2014

Rev.Phil.Psych.

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Being whipped, getting a deep-tissue massage, eating hot chili peppers, running marathons, and getting tattooed are all painful. Sometimes they are also pleasant-or so many people claim. Masochistic pleasure consists in finding such experiences pleasant in addition to, and because of, the pain. Masochistic pleasure presents a philosophical puzzle. Pains hurt, they feel bad, and are aversive. Pleasures do the opposite. Thus many assume that the idea of a pleasant pain is downright unintelligible. I disagree. I claim that cases of pleasant pains are more common than many philosophers suppose, and that they have no essential connection to either sex or psychopathology. I review several attempts to account for masochism that preserve the intuition that nothing can be both pleasant and painful at once. These account for some, but not all, cases of masochism. The stubborn remainder, I argue, are sensations that are genuinely pleasant and painful at once. I give an account of how that might be, focusing on boundary-pushing aspects of masochistic pleasure that have been largely overlooked in the literature. I show how, properly understood, pain and pleasure can coexist-and also why it is very rare for them to actually do so.

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“…On the notion of composite sensations, see alsoStrohl (2012). I have qualms about Strohl's Aristotelian theory of pleasure and pain; briefly, I think there are numerous pleasures that don't arise from the optimal activation of a particular capacity.…”

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Klein

2014

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“…Painters such as Kandinsky sometimes use clashing colors that elicit a negative affective response. The enjoyment of painfully spicy or sour foods, such as ghost pepper hot sauces or Warheads candy, would also seem to fall into this class (Strohl, , pp. 204, 210).…”

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Art and painful emotion

Strohl

2018

Philosophy Compass

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This essay updates Aaron Smuts' , 2009 Philosophy Compass piece, "Art and Negative Affect" in light of recent work on the topic. The "paradox of painful art" is the general problem of how it is possible to enjoy or value experiences of art that involve painful emotions. It encompasses both the paradox of tragedy and the paradox of horror. Section 2 lays out a taxonomy of solutions to the paradox of painful art and argues that we should opt for a pluralistic approach rather than seeking a unified solution. Section 3 surveys recent work on the topic, with an emphasis on views holding that it is possible for an experience of art to be pleasant partly in virtue of involving painful emotion. Section 4 suggests a range of phenomena that are not usually considered under the umbrella of the paradox of painful art but that offer promising directions for further research.

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“…RESISTANCES Journal of the Philosophy of History Revista de Filosofía de la Historia Revista de Filosofia da História 1983; Reik, 1939Reik, , 1957Welch, 1942). Segundo, en otros casos podemos dar cuenta de la atracción a experiencias desagradables gracias al deseo de sentir dolor como constituyente de un todo que queremos (Feldman, 2004;Klein, 2014;Noren & Davis, 1974;Reik, 1957;Strohl, 2012;Trigg, 1970). En estas situaciones la relación en virtud de la cual deseamos algo desagradable es mereológica, esto es, aquello desagradable es querido como una parte de un todo que también ambicionamos.…”

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Una taxonomía del masoquismo

Sapién

2022

Resistances

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Todos somos masoquistas. Esta afirmación puede ser entendida de dos maneras. En un sentido benigno o patológico. Según el primero, se trata de un hábito motivado por deseos masoquistas sin que éste constituya un perjuicio para la salud de las personas. En este sentido, todos, o casi todos, somos masoquistas. Este tipo de masoquismo puede constituir prácticas culturales, como comer comida picante, practicar deportes de contacto o participar en grupos BDSM. Por el contrario, el masoquismo patológico es aquel que, también incentivado por deseos masoquistas, resulta en daños para la salud de las personas, ya sea a nivel biológico, psicológico o sociológico. Un deseo masoquista está constituido por la actitud en favor de experimentar algo desagradable, como un dolor, en virtud de la relación, ya sea causal o mereológica, que se le atribuye a esta experiencia con algo más. Es decir, podemos desear sentir dolor ya sea porque este es el medio para un fin que también queremos o porque es deseado en tanto que una parte constitutiva de un todo anhelado. Una taxonomía del masoquismo nos permite dar cuenta de la intrincada interacción que tenemos con experiencias desagradables.

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Horror and Hedonic Ambivalence

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The Penumbral Theory of Masochistic Pleasure

Art and painful emotion

Una taxonomía del masoquismo

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