Sex, freedom, and power in Imperial Germany, 1880 - 1914

"This is a study of the intense, complex, and escalating debate over sexuality and sexual morality that roiled politics in Germany between 1880 and 1914. That debate was grounded in the rapid evolution and growing complexity of German society - the multiplication of cultural groupings, professi...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Dickinson, Edward Ross 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014
Schlagworte:Sexual ethics Sex Social change Deutschland Sexualverhalten Sexualethik Sozialer Wandel Politik Geschichte 1880-1914 Imperialismus
Umfang:XI, 340 S.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: sex, politics, and modernity I; Part I. Moral Reform, 1880-1900: 1. Christian men and morality; 2. 'A Spirit of Insubordination': popular culture, modernism, and morality; 3. The politics of morality, class, and gender; 4. Religion, women, and morality; 5. Isolation and impact; Part II: Sexual Radicalism, 1900-1914: 6. Social democratic sexual ethics; 7. Homosexual rights; 8. Syphilis and salvation; 9. Sex reform; 10. Religion of love; Part III: Conflict, 1908-1914: 11. Men, sex, and science; 12. Confrontations, 1908-1914; 13. Conclusion: sex, politics, and modernity II.