Sex and Character

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 context of today s scholarship, Sex and Character speaks to issues of gender, race, cultural identity, the roots of Nazism, and the intellectual history of modernism and modern European culture This new translation presents, for the first time, the entire text, including Weininger s extensive appendix with amplifications of the text and bibliographical references, in a reliable English translation, together with a substantial introduction that places the book in its cultural and historical context. Best Read [ Sex and Character ] author [ Otto Weininger ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I can t believe I never really reviewed this book, only gave some really long quotes from it Possibly one of theinteresting cultural phenomenas of the 20th century The book is at times idiotic on its misogyny, but yet its also erudite on the anxiety of living a life amongst decadence and the need for genius amongst the general depravity of society kind of in the way we as an American Idol voting, Joel Olsteen and The Shack reading, text messaging at all times society are decadent and de I can t believe I ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I remember, when I was in my late teens, I had finally worked my way into the bedroom of a schoolmate I had a crush on since my pre teen years He was a brown skinned, confident athlete with an air of cool and an incredible body that I couldn t wait to discover Everything was going swimmingly in our newfound courtship, until I unzipped his pants for the first time After a fair amount of eager fumbling and foolish adolescent foreplay, I took off his pants, only to find attached this tiny, almos I remember, when I was in my late teens, I had finally worked my way into the bedroom of a schoolmate I had a crush on since my pre teen years He was a brown skinned, confident athlete with an air of cool and an incredible body that I couldn t wait to discover Everything was going swimmingly in our newfound courtship, until I unzipped his pants for the first time After a fair amount of eager fumbling and foolish adolescent foreplay, I took off his pants, only to find attached this tiny, almost inconceivably small resemblance of a raisin a miniscule currant from t...Otto Weininger s Sex and Character appeared in the early years of the 20th century, conceived and written in an intellectually riled up Vienna It was the atmosphere that gave birth to Freud, Wittgenstein, Kafka, and Jung, and it the book in question profoundly influenced at least 2 of the mentioned luminaries On first glance, the book seems an unlikely candidate for having such a reputat...Give early 20th century Austrian Jew Otto Weininger credit for intellectual consistency After penning the anti Semitic, violently misogynistic, proto Nazi screed Geschlecht und Charakter he followed his own theories to their logical conclusion and killed himself at age 23 The book, published after his death, was something of a hit throughout Europe.We wizened postmodernists want to dismiss Weininger out of hand, but what s so cringe worthy about his text is once you spend ten pages on it you Give early 20th century Austrian Jew Otto Weininger credit for intellectual consistency After penning the anti Semitic, violently misogynistic, proto Nazi screed Geschlecht und Charakter he followed his own theories to their logical conclusion and killed himself at age 23 The book, published after his death, was something of a hit throughout Europe.We wizened postmodernists want to dismiss Weininger out of hand, but...One of the most controversial, most influental although very few thinkers had the courage to pay their due and most insightful works of the early 20th century.An indisputable genius, perhaps the last of his kind, captures the zeitgeist of the declining European civilization through the lens of his own psychosexual pathology Rejecting both plebeian empiricism and lotsofbigwords tm approach of modern quasi philosophy, Weininger may be the last representative of the class...Possibly, my most hated book in my library that has had some significant influence on my own belief system Otto Weininger was a brilliant, depressed, cult figure who committed suicide at the young age of 23 in the previous household of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven Disregard his brief life span There has been an immense amount of literary acknowledgements of influence from different artists, writers and philosophers According to one source some of these people are said to be, For Possibly, my most hated book in my library that has had some significant influence on my own belief system Otto Weininger was a brilliant, depressed, cult figure who committed suicide at the young age of 23 in the previous household of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven Disregard his brief life span There has been an immense amount of literary acknowledgements of influence from different artists, ...XX ,, , ,XX ,, , ,,, , , 1 2 3 ,QED , 65 , , , , , , , , , , 17 , , , , , , ,, , ,, , , ,, , ,If you like books that are bat shit crazy, and I certainly do, then this one should be at the top of your list It rivals Martin Luther s On the Jews and their Lies, Houston Stewart Chamberlain s The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, Charles Carroll s The Negro as Beast, and Hitler s Mein Kampf for its bizarre twists and turns in logic and for the absurdity of its content More significant is its popularity published in 1903, it went into its seventeen printing by 1918, which tells you som If you like books that are bat shit crazy, and I certainly do, then this one should be at the top of your list It rivals Martin Luther s On the Jews and their Lies, Houston Stewart Chamberlain s The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, Ch...This book is really terrible, just unimaginably trashy, but it does have an intriguing backstory, and there s the odd fact that Wittgenstein apparently counted Weininger as one of his influences I m slightly annoyed by some of the reviews here that say things along the lines, Whether or not you agree with him, you must admit he was brilliant Because no actually this book is an embarrassing morass of mysogny, racism, bad science, romanti...In regards to gender egalitarianism, feminism, Mgtow and the battle of the sexes This book is a must read, this is the ultimate Mgtow book it annihilates the aids known as feminism at the root Man must be indifferent to feminism and women in general in this day and age The Suffragettes and Second Wave Feminist s are mere imitators of Males, and could never see their efforts bear fruit Equality between the sexes is a lie A genius like Weininger is very rare, he is one of the few writers of E In regards to gender egalitarianism, feminism, Mgtow and the battle of the sexes This book is a must read, this is the ultimate Mgtow book it annihilates the aids known as feminism at the root Man must be indifferent to feminism and women in general in this day and age The Suffragettes and Second Wave Feminist s are mere imitators of Males, and could never see their efforts bear fruit Equality between the sexes is a lie A genius like Weininger is very rare, he is one of the few writers of European Culture i regard as genius I know this book has an infamous reputation thanks to the feminist slags who can t look in the mirror and are incapable of self reflection and analysis I read this book because it is a good antidote to modern women who embrace feminism and gynocentricism This book to the Mgtow Movement is exactly what Mein Kampf is to the National Socialist Movement in Germany To be fair I m no...

• English
• 12 June 2018
Otto Weininger
• Hardcover
• 496 pages
• 0253344719
• Otto Weininger
• Sex and Character