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Author Dickinson, Edward Ross, author

Title Sex, freedom, and power in imperial Germany, 1880-1914 / Edward Ross Dickinson
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 340 pages)
Contents 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 -- Conclusion: sex, politics, and modernity II
Summary "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, professional associations, and social movements; the emergence of new social groups, social milieus, and professions; the rapid development of the media and commercial entertainments; and so on. All parties involved understood it to be a debate over the most fundamental question of modern political life: how to secure both national power and individual freedom in the context of rapid social and cultural change"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and index
Notes English
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Subject Sexual ethics -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History
Sex -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History
Social change -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality.
Politics and government
Sex -- Political aspects
Social change -- Political aspects
SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054634
Subject Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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