April 3, 1880 october 4, 1903 was an austrian philosopher. University of connecticut libraries language english. The biology of sex and the deconstruction of gender 5. Otto weininger wenen, 3 maart 1880 aldaar, 4 oktober 1903 was een oostenrijks filosoof. Herr doktor, eindelijk het vrouwenvraagstuk opgelost te zien is voor mij een ware verlossing. One can understand him by thinking of the tremendous intensity with which he tried to escape from himself.
The work was admired by some of the greatest intellects of our centuryfranz kafka, ludwig wittgenstein, james. Eine prinzipielle untersuchung by otto weininger online at alibris. The son of a prosperous jewish artisan, weininger became a christian the day he received his ph. Weininger s theory is based on a fundamental relationship between sex and character. This work is a prime example of the conflicting discourses central to its time. What is truly remarkable, though, is the way the series mirrors the work of austrian philosopher otto weininger. Today, the book is generally viewed as misogynistic and antisemitic in academic circles.
Otto weininger april 3, 1880 october 4, 1903 was an austrian philosopher. Sex and character, served as a sourcebook for antisemitic propagandists. Eine prinzipielle untersuchung, vienna, leipzig 1903, weininger, otto. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Otto weininger academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Today, weininger is viewed as misogynistic and antisemitic in academic circles, but was held to be a great genius by the philosopher. Weininger, as is commonly known, shot himself in the autumn of 1903 at the early age of twentythree, in the house in vienna where beethoven had died. These words, from strindbergs article idolatry, gynolatry are meant as an homage to otto weininger 18801903 who was barely twentythree years old when he committed suicide. Eine prinzipielle untersuchung classic reprint german edition weininger, otto on. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. 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. Sex and character quotes showing of 35 napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and therefore, not geniuses.
It is nothing less than an attempt to construct a system of sexual characterology on the. It would not be surprising if to many it should seem from the foregoing arguments that men have come out of them too well, and, as a collective body, have been placed on an exaggeratedly lofty pedestal. Collected aphorisms, notebook and letters to a friend, edited and translated by kevin solway and martin dudaniec, 2002. Every human being is a combination of male and female elements. Otto weininger 18801903 is a notorious figure in european history. Otto weininger s sex and character appeared in the early years of the 20th century, conceived and written in an intellectually riled up vienna. He pronounces clearly what i only managed to utter. Oktober 1903 in wien war ein osterreichischer philosoph.
Identity, politics, and philosophy in central europe 3. But it is the book itself, even more than its authors individuality, which is abnormal. Sex and character, otto weininger, howard fertig, inc. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the united states and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
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