Table of Contents

PART I THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FLAGELLATION I. THE INHERENT CRUELTY OF MANKIND . Man's delight in the persecution of others—Punishing II. THE AMBIVALENCE OF PLEASURE AND PAIN III. BASIC MOTIVES: CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS IV. THE CURATIVE AND MEDICINAL VIRTUES OF PAIN PART II PENAL FLAGELLATION V. WHIPPING OF THIEVES, PROSTITUTES, ETC. VI. WHIPPING OF SLAVES AND SERVANTS VII. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY AND NAVY VIII. FLOGGING CHILDREN IN THE HOME AND SCHOOLPART III RELIGIOUS FLAGELLATION IX. FLAGELLATION IN MONASTERIES AND NUNNERIES X. SELF-FLAGELLATION XI. THE SECI' OF THE FLAGELLANTS XII. THE HOLY INQUISITION AND FLAGELLATION XIII. CONFESSORS AND FLAGELLATION PART IV THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST CORPORAL PUNISHMENT XIV. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT XV. PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WHIPPING ADULTS XVI. PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF JUVENILE BIRCHING XVII. EVILS CONNECTED WITH FLOGGING AND BIRCHING XVIII. PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT XIX. SUMMING-UP THE POSITION

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Born in 1886, George Ryley Scott was a pioneering writer on all aspects of sex, sexuality, discipline and associated practices in different cultures and eras.