Geschlecht und Charakter: Eine prinzipielle Untersuchung by Otto Weininger
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"Geschlecht und Charakter: Eine prinzipielle Untersuchung" by Otto Weininger is a philosophical work published in 1903. The twenty-three-year-old Austrian philosopher presents a controversial theory examining the relationship between the sexes. Weininger proposes that all humans contain both masculine and feminine elements in varying proportions, creating a spectrum between ideal types. His work develops a dualistic philosophy centered on gender differences, arguing for the superiority of masculine principles while associating femininity with absence
and negation. The book became a classic document of Viennese modernism. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Weininger, Otto, 1880-1903 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 03029246 |
| Title | Geschlecht und Charakter: Eine prinzipielle Untersuchung |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschlecht_und_Charakter |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Peter Becker, Jana Srna, Norbert H. Langkau, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Austrian Literature Online (www.literature.at) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 55.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender |
| Subject | Character |
| Subject | Sex |
| Subject | Sexual ethics |
| Subject | Sex (Psychology) |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 51221 |
| Release Date | Feb 14, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1054 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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