Otto Weininger - Sex, Science, and Self in Imperial Vienna

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Read Otto Weininger Today? And How?1. The Education of Otto Weininger2. Weininger's Worlds: Identity, Politics, and Philosophy in Central Europe3. Man, Woman, Text: The Structure and Substance of Geschlecht und Charakter4. The Biology of Sex and the Deconstruction of Gender5. Normalizing the Homosexual6. Deconstructing Femininity: The Psychology of Hysteria7. Impregnation and Autonomy: The Political Physiology of Motherhood8. Echoes, Analyses, Critiques: Responses to WeiningerNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Summary

This study explores the milieu in which the philosopher Otto Weininger wrote his book "Sex and Character", shortly before committing suicide. It pays attention to how Otto appropriated scientific language and data to defend his views and examines the scientific theories themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Chandak Sengoopta
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2000
• EAN: 9780226748672
• ISBN: 978-0-226-74867-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 494 g
• Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, H; Chicago Sexuality Hist & Society SHS (CHUP); The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies