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The Elements of Social Science. Physical, Sexual, and Natural Religion.
Drysdale, George. Ed(S): Darby, Robert
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Paperback. Editor(s): Darby, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 694.
Condemned by critics as "the Bible of the brothel" and "the most demoralising book of the century," Physical, Sexual and Natural Religion (later retitled The Elements of Social Science) was one of the most daring critiques of Victorian morality ever published. Presenting a case for free sexual unions before marriage, widespread contraception and family limitation, use of condoms to guard against venereal disease, and the replacement of Judeo-Christian spirituality with a science-based "religion" (really, a set of humane values) that respected the human body, Drysdale challenged the antisensual currents of his time and anticipated the sexual revolution of the 1960s. ... Read more
Condemned by critics as "the Bible of the brothel" and "the most demoralising book of the century," Physical, Sexual and Natural Religion (later retitled The Elements of Social Science) was one of the most daring critiques of Victorian morality ever published. Presenting a case for free sexual unions before marriage, widespread contraception and family limitation, use of condoms to guard against venereal disease, and the replacement of Judeo-Christian spirituality with a science-based "religion" (really, a set of humane values) that respected the human body, Drysdale challenged the antisensual currents of his time and anticipated the sexual revolution of the 1960s. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
621
Place of Publication
Amherst, United States
ISBN
9781616141790
SKU
V9781616141790
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About Drysdale, George. Ed(S): Darby, Robert
Robert Darby, independent scholar, is the author of five books.
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