> And as for "contempt for the body," there's that wonderful
> interview in which Foucault says that one of the appealing things
> about sadomasochism is that it turns the entire body into an
> erogenous zone. How is that contemptuous?
"Contemptuous" doesn't quite capture it. What's the right word where the "body" in question is someone else's (e.g. Damien's) and what's getting you off is "l'eclat des supplices"?
Ted