Sexual Ethics The Meaning and Foundations of Sexual Morality |
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| Author:
| Kolnai, Aurel
Dunlop, Francis |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-5312-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $160.00 |
Book Description:
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Aurel Kolnai wrote his Sexualethik in the Vienna of the 'twenties, not long after the end of the first world war and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. Despite being personally inclined to a puritan attitude, he possessed a voracious curiosity about sex, an astonishingly objective approach to experience and a determination minutely to question people of all different sexual persuasions, with the broad aim of trying to lay bare the meaning and significance of sex in all its main...
More DescriptionAurel Kolnai wrote his Sexualethik in the Vienna of the 'twenties, not long after the end of the first world war and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. Despite being personally inclined to a puritan attitude, he possessed a voracious curiosity about sex, an astonishingly objective approach to experience and a determination minutely to question people of all different sexual persuasions, with the broad aim of trying to lay bare the meaning and significance of sex in all its main forms, approved and disapproved. This is the first English translation of an important part of Kolnai's work by leading Kolnai scholar Francis Dunlop. The book contains a preface by Roger Scruton and a detailed introduction by the translator.