Two Renegade Sexologists: On Psychopathia Sexualis & The Sexual Criminal: A Psychoanalytic Study with Dr Mikita Brottman

Two Renegade Sexologists: On Psychopathia Sexualis & The Sexual Criminal: A Psychoanalytic Study with Dr Mikita Brottman

This lecture will consider the life and work of two renegade sexologists: Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and J. Paul de River. The aristocratic Krafft-Ebing was a German psychiatrist and author of the seminal Psychopathia Sexualis. J. Paul de River was the chief psychiatrist of the Los Angeles Sex Offense Bureau during the 1940s and author of The Sexual Criminal: A Psychoanalytic Study. The work of these two eccentric, obsessive, and sometimes deluded psychiatrists provide compelling time-capsules into the dark underbelly of 19^th century Vienna, and the sordid backstreets of mid-century Los Angeles.

Lectures will be illustrated and enhanced by vivid clinical case studies of what the authors deem “sexual psychopaths.”

We will be meeting online for 90 minutes beginning at 11AM NYC (8AM Vancouver/ 10AM New Orleans/ 4PM London/ 17:00 Stockholm/ 18:00 Beirut).

This event will be recorded and made available for all those who register.

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to expand your knowledge and explore the depths of these psychosexual archives. Register now and join us for an unforgettable experience!

Mikita Brottman is Professor of Literature at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. She has a D.Phil from Oxford University in English Language and Literature, and is an NAAP certified psychoanalyst. She performs forensic evaluations for the National Institute for the study, prevention and treatment of sexual trauma. She is also the author of 15 nonfiction books, the latest of which, Guilty Creatures (Simon & Schuster, 2024) was described by the New York Times as "an unputdownable read."

This event is hosted by Rendering Unconscious Center for Psychoanalysis