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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dickinson, Edward Ross
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Sexual ethics > Political aspects > Germany > History. Sex > Political aspects > Germany > History. Social change > Political aspects > Germany > History. Germany > Politics and government > 1871-1918. HISTORY / Europe / General. HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality. Electronic books.
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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, 1900-14: 6. Social democratic sexual ethics; 7. Homosexual rights; 8. Syphilis and salvation; 9. Sex reform; 10. Religion of love; Part III: Conflict, 1908-14: 11. Men, sex, and science; 12. Confrontations, 1908-14; 13. Conclusion: sex, politics, and modernity II.