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Against the late nineteenth-century European trend of
theoretical elaborations of negative homosexual stereotypes and the
legal persecution of homosexuals, German sexologist, Magnus
Hirschfeld (1868-1935) introduced a scientific and humanistic
approach to homosexual emancipation. Radical from the outset, his
pioneering theorizations of gender overturned the dual sex system
and revealed the artificiality of gender. Beyond destabilizing
traditional concepts of masculinity and femininity and
substantiating the naturalness of such phenomena as homosexual,
intersexed, and transgendered identities, Hirschfeld deployed his
theories to serve as the basis of a steadfast and influential
campaign for the decriminalization of homosexuality and an
international sexual freedom movement that championed the principal
causes of the women's movement and the rights of all sexual
minorities. Integrating the predominant cultural, scientific, and
political discourses during Hirschfeld's lifetime, Elena Mancini
illuminates his cosmopolitan and classical liberal political and
cultural stance, showing him as more than a homosexual theorist and
activist. This fascinating study shows how his opposition to
fascism and to all forms of sexual and racial hierarchies makes him
a humanist for our times and an inspiration for those who strive
for social and political inclusion and tolerance.
This volume is the first full-length study on pioneering sexologist
and sexual rights activist, Magnus Hirschfeld, that examines his
impact on the politics and culture of late nineteenth-century and
early twentieth-century Germany and the value of his rationalist
humanist approach for contemporary debates on sexual rights.
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