Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?

Otto Weininger, Viennese philosopher from the turn of XIX and XX century, is the author of the book Sex and character which revolutionised scientific and artistic milieus of his epoch. It became one of the most popular scientific work exploring the nature of femininity and masculinity. However, Sex...

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Main Author: Katarzyna Wojnicka
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Szczecin Press 2016-01-01
Series:Autobiografia
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Online Access:https://wnus.edu.pl/au/pl/issue/295/article/4252/
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description Otto Weininger, Viennese philosopher from the turn of XIX and XX century, is the author of the book Sex and character which revolutionised scientific and artistic milieus of his epoch. It became one of the most popular scientific work exploring the nature of femininity and masculinity. However, Sex and character not only influenced James Joyce and August Strindberg works or Ludwig Wittgenstain’s philosophy. It also inspired a number of feminist critiques to explore and analyse antifeminism and misogyny characteristic for Weininger and the whole fin de siècle epoch. Nonetheless, aside undoubted misogyny, Weininger’s analyses and ideas regarding the position of women in the society, might be interpreted as rather progressive and can be comparable with (pro)feminist movements’ claims. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to investigate to what extend Weininger’s work expresses his misogynous approach but also, to what extend his ideas can be defined as profeminist.
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spelling doaj.art-642fa9f92ed5470e9019f00159a8fe702022-12-22T04:16:02ZdeuUniversity of Szczecin PressAutobiografia2353-86942016-01-01610.18276/au.2016.1.6-04Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?Katarzyna Wojnicka0Centre for European Research at the University of GothenburgOtto Weininger, Viennese philosopher from the turn of XIX and XX century, is the author of the book Sex and character which revolutionised scientific and artistic milieus of his epoch. It became one of the most popular scientific work exploring the nature of femininity and masculinity. However, Sex and character not only influenced James Joyce and August Strindberg works or Ludwig Wittgenstain’s philosophy. It also inspired a number of feminist critiques to explore and analyse antifeminism and misogyny characteristic for Weininger and the whole fin de siècle epoch. Nonetheless, aside undoubted misogyny, Weininger’s analyses and ideas regarding the position of women in the society, might be interpreted as rather progressive and can be comparable with (pro)feminist movements’ claims. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to investigate to what extend Weininger’s work expresses his misogynous approach but also, to what extend his ideas can be defined as profeminist.https://wnus.edu.pl/au/pl/issue/295/article/4252/emancipation of womenprofeminismantifeminismmisogynyOtto Weininger
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Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?
Autobiografia
emancipation of women
profeminism
antifeminism
misogyny
Otto Weininger
title Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?
title_full Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?
title_fullStr Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?
title_full_unstemmed Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?
title_short Otto Weininger: mizogin i profeminista?
title_sort otto weininger mizogin i profeminista
topic emancipation of women
profeminism
antifeminism
misogyny
Otto Weininger
url https://wnus.edu.pl/au/pl/issue/295/article/4252/
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