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Otto Weininger Information
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 Otto Weininger (April 3, 1880 – October 4, 1903) was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Character) which gained popularity after Weininger's suicide at the age of 23. Today, the book is viewed as...


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 Journal of European Studies
Otto Weininger. Sex, Science, and Self in Imperial Vienna.(Review) (book review)
12/01/2000: 922 words, approx. 3 pages Otto Weininger. Sex, Science, and Self in Imperial Vienna. By Chandak Sengoopta. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2000. Pp. ix + 239. [pound]20.50. Chandak Sengoopta's study of Weininger's controversial Sex and Character (Geschlecht und Charakter, 1903) is a welcome...
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 German Quarterly
Eros and Inwardness in Vienna: Weininger, Musil, Doderer
10/01/2003: 2,848 words, approx. 10 pages Luft, David S. Eros and Inwardness in Vienna: Weininger, Musil, Doderer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. xiv + 250 pp. $35.00 hardcover. Like the best history in the separate fields, intellectual history is hard to write, for the author must keep a...



Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Chandak Sengoopta
19,336 words, approx. 65 pages
 In the following essay, Sengoopta presents an overview of the scientific, philosophical, and cultural background of late-nineteenth-century Vienna into which Weininger was born.
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Critical Essay by Misha Kavka
9,753 words, approx. 33 pages
 In the following essay, Kavka discusses the ways in which Weininger's virulent misogyny and anti-Semitism appear to have been symptoms of widespread male "hysteria" over the nature and place of women in fin de siècle European society.
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Critical Essay by Nancy A. Harrowitz
9,528 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following essay, Harrowitz examines possible cultural and literary influences on Weininger, particularly Cesare Lombroso.


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