Ladislaus Loeb is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Sussex. Daniel Steuer is Senior Lecturer in German in the School of Humanities, University of Sussex. Laura Marcus is Reader in English in the School of Humanities, University of Sussex.
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Contents Acknowledgments A Book That Won't Go Away: Otto Weininger's Sex and Character Daniel Steuer Translator's Note Ladislaus Loeb Preface First (Preparatory) Part: Sexual Diversity Introduction I. "Men" and "Women" II. Arrhenoplasm and Thelyplasm III. Laws of Sexual Attraction IV. Homosexuality and Pederasty V. Characterology and Morphology VI. Emancipated Women Second or Main Part: The Sexual Types I. Man and Woman II. Male and Female Sexuality III. Male and Female Consciousness IV. Endowment and Genius V. Endowment and Memory VI. Memory, Logic, Ethics VII. Logic, Ethics, and the Self VIII. The Problem of the Self and Genius IX. Male and Female Psychology X. Motherhood and Prostitution XI. Eroticism and Aesthetics XII. The Nature of Woman and Her Purpose in the Universe XIII. Judaism XIV. Woman and Humanity Appendix: Additions and References Index
"Whatever might draw us to Weininger--his insight or passion, or our interest in fin-de-siecle science and Viennese "crises of identity"--Lob's translation will serve us well."--Times Literary Supplement, 24 February 2006