ISBN:
0253344719
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (liv, 437 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Geschlecht und charakter. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Sex and Character : An Investigation of Fundamental Principles
DDC:
306.7
Keywords:
Sexual ethics
;
Sex
;
Sex
;
Sexual ethics
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Otto Weininger's controversial book Sex and Character, first published in Vienna in 1903, is a prime example of the conflicting discourses central to its time: antisemitism, scientific racism and biologism, misogyny, the cult and crisis of masculinity, psychological introspection versus empiricism, German idealism, the women's movement and the idea of human emancipation, the quest for sexual liberation, and the debates about homosexuality. Combining rational reasoning with irrational outbursts, in the con
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; A Book That Won't Go Away: Otto Weininger's Sex and Character; Translator's Note; Preface; First (Preparatory) Part: Sexual Diversity; Introduction; Chapter I. ""Men"" and ""Women""; Chapter II. Arrhenoplasm and thelyplasm; Chapter III. Laws of Sexual Attraction; Chapter IV. Homosexuality and Pederasty; Chapter V. Characterology and Morphology; Chapter VI. Emancipated Women; Second or Main Part: The Sexual Types; Chapter I. Man and Woman; Chapter II. Male and Female Sexuality; Chapter III. Male and Female Consciousness; Chapter IV. Endowment and Genius
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter V. Endowment and MemoryChapter VI. Memory, Logic Ethics; Chapter VII. Logic, Ethics, and the Self; Chapter VIII. The Problem of the Self and Genius; Chapter IX. Male and Female Psychology; Chapter X. Motherhood and Prostitution; Chapter XI. Eroticism and Aesthetics; Chapter XII. The Nature of Women and Her Purpose in the Universe; Chapter XIII. Judaism; Chapter IV. Woman and Humanity; Appendix: Additions and References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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