Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook16 hours
Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Volume 2: Sexual Inversion - Homosexuality
Written by Havelock Ellis
Narrated by Charles Armstrong
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Unavailable in your country
Unavailable in your country
About this audiobook
The seven volumes of Studies in the Psychology of Sex by Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) that appeared between 1900 and 1928 were each a landmark in the more open considerations of sexual impulse in the Western world. And none more so than Volume 2, which appeared in 1900. It examined homosexuality, though Ellis more frequently used the term sexual inversion, which, at the time, had broader (but not derogatory) implications.
Actually, Ellis collaborated on the original text with the poet John Addington Symonds, an acknowledged homosexual, and although Symonds withdrew his name before publication, it is clear that Ellis' sympathetic attitude towards the practice of homosexuality was influenced by his contact with artists such as Symonds. In fact, in his preface, Ellis writes unequivocally of the burden born by men and women who had to conceal their natural instincts because of the prevailing views of society.
Of course, over the past century and more, those views - and legal attitudes - have changed considerably. But it is fascinating to think what his original readers thought as they encountered the wide-ranging evidence from anthropologists, historians, doctors and psychologists. He notes homosexual practices among animals as well in human society, from Greeks to Eskimos. He refers to artists such as Michelangelo and Walt Whitman: Ellis titles one section ‘Among Men of Exceptional Talent and Moral Leaders'. He also draws on earlier reports from researchers including Krafft-Ebbing and Freud. Further discussions cover bisexuality and homosexuality in schools, the ‘Importance of the Congenital Element', and inversion ‘as a variation or sport'. Chapter IV concentrates on ‘Sexual Inversion in Women'. And two appendices report unexpectedly on ‘Homosexuality among Tramps' and ‘The School-Friendships of Girls'.
In fact, listening to this pioneering document in the light of 21st-century attitudes gives an important and striking perspective to the changes that have happened since - while at the same time highlighting the prejudice that still remains.
Actually, Ellis collaborated on the original text with the poet John Addington Symonds, an acknowledged homosexual, and although Symonds withdrew his name before publication, it is clear that Ellis' sympathetic attitude towards the practice of homosexuality was influenced by his contact with artists such as Symonds. In fact, in his preface, Ellis writes unequivocally of the burden born by men and women who had to conceal their natural instincts because of the prevailing views of society.
Of course, over the past century and more, those views - and legal attitudes - have changed considerably. But it is fascinating to think what his original readers thought as they encountered the wide-ranging evidence from anthropologists, historians, doctors and psychologists. He notes homosexual practices among animals as well in human society, from Greeks to Eskimos. He refers to artists such as Michelangelo and Walt Whitman: Ellis titles one section ‘Among Men of Exceptional Talent and Moral Leaders'. He also draws on earlier reports from researchers including Krafft-Ebbing and Freud. Further discussions cover bisexuality and homosexuality in schools, the ‘Importance of the Congenital Element', and inversion ‘as a variation or sport'. Chapter IV concentrates on ‘Sexual Inversion in Women'. And two appendices report unexpectedly on ‘Homosexuality among Tramps' and ‘The School-Friendships of Girls'.
In fact, listening to this pioneering document in the light of 21st-century attitudes gives an important and striking perspective to the changes that have happened since - while at the same time highlighting the prejudice that still remains.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 3, 2021
ISBN9781004134656
Unavailable
Related to Studies in the Psychology of Sex
Related audiobooks
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBushido: The Soul of Japan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Natural Right and History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKinning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Theologico-Political Treatise/A Political Treatise Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy?: Explaining the Holocaust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hume: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Christian Manifesto Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everybody: A Book About Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou Feel It Just Below the Ribs: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Augustine: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Autobiographical Study and The Future of an Illusion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUseful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450-1750 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fundamentalism and American Culture: 2nd Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Fossil Enigma: The Search for the Conodont Animal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst Principles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Science Delusion: Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Studies in the Psychology of Sex
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews