Sex and character : an investigation of fundamental principles / / Otto Weininger ; translated from German by Ladislaus Lob ; edited by Daniel Steuer and Laura Marcus ; with an introduction by Daniel Steuer

• Autore: Weininger Otto <1880-1903.>
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (493 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.7
• Soggetto topico: Sex; Sexual ethics
• Altri autori: LobLadislaus SteuerDaniel MarcusLaura
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Men" and "women" -- Arrhenoplasm and thelyplasm -- Laws of sexual attraction -- Homosexuality and pederasty -- Characterology and morphology -- Emancipated women -- Man and woman -- Male and female sexuality -- Male and female consciousness -- Endowment and genius -- Endowment and memory -- Memory, logic, ethics -- Logic, ethics, and the self -- The problem of the self and genius -- Male and female psychology -- Motherhood and prostitution -- Eroticism and aesthetics -- The nature of woman and her purpose in the universe -- Judaism -- Woman and humanity.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Sex and character
• ISBN: 1-282-07154-8; 9786612071546; 0-253-11130-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814701103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II