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Socialism and the New Life The Personal and Sexual Politics of Edward Carpenter and Havelock Ellis
Rowbothan, Sheila; Weeks, Jeffrey Publisher: Pluto Press, London, United Kingdom Year Published: 1977 Pages: 198pp ISBN: 0-904383-52-0 Resource Type: Book
Abstract: Edward Carpenter was a prominent figure in the late nineteenth century socialist revival, a poet, a mystic, a penal reformer and advocate of a simpler life, a homosexual who ardently supported feminist aspirations. Havelock Ellis was a founder of the Fellowship of the New Life and a writer on literature, the arts, travel, philosophy and social policy. He is best known as a pioneer of sex psychology. Both these individuals, in their own ways, raised important questions about the interconnection between personal and sexual life and radical social change. This book critically examines the achievements of these two men, exploring past debates and suggesting "connections which still need to be made in modern socialist and feminist discussions and practice." The book is divided into two parts with the section on Carpenter written by Sheila Rowbotham and the section on Ellis covered by Jeffery Weeks. There is a single photograph each of Carpenter and Ellis and notes on their early lives.
[Abstract by Nabeeha Chaudhary]
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1 Edward Carpenter: Prophet of the New Life by Sheila Rowbotham Childhood and Cambridge University Extension and Radicalism in Sheffield The New Life The Sheffield Socialists The Socialist Movement and a Culture of Everyday Life Personal and Sexual Relationships with Men Carpenter's Relationships with Women Books and Ideas Connections References
Part 2 Havelock Ellis and the Politics of Sex Reform by Jeffrey Weeks Early Life and Outlook Politics of Heterosexuality 'Anomalies' The Laws of nature References
Select Bibliography
Index
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