Otto Weininger: 4 books

A finales del siglo xix y comienzos del xx, Viena experimentó una eclosión cultural de tal magnitud que acabó convirtiéndose en uno de los principales hitos culturales de la historia de la humanidad. Sin embargo, la I Guerra Mundial acabó de un plumazo con el espíritu de la Viena fin-de-siècle....

Il taccuino e le lettere di Weininger completano e integrano il profilo dell’autore di Sesso e carattere, un libro che esercita un’influenza enorme nell’Europa del primo Novecento per le sue tirate antisemite e misogine. Ingiustamente trascurati, questi scritti raccolgono aforismi e appunti...

Otto Weininger illustrates the manifestations of unconscious phantasy in children - normal, neurotic or psychotic - in various settings such as playgroups, ordinary schools or special schools for disturbed children, the family milieu or play therapy. He uses Melanie Klein's developmental theory and...

This work 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...