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He also outlines a bi-sexual theory of gender that argues that spoke of sexual differences and gender as a spectrum, with individuals of both sexes exhibiting masculine and feminine characteristics, but with the typical male being characterized by masculinity and the typical woman being characterized by femininity. Much of his work anticipated the work of Sigmund Freud, in particular his bisexual theory of sex differences, though Freud had harshly criticized his work when Weininger brought it before him for review. | He also outlines a bi-sexual theory of gender that argues that spoke of sexual differences and gender as a spectrum, with individuals of both sexes exhibiting masculine and feminine characteristics, but with the typical male being characterized by masculinity and the typical woman being characterized by femininity. Much of his work anticipated the work of Sigmund Freud, in particular his bisexual theory of sex differences, though Freud had harshly criticized his work when Weininger brought it before him for review. | ||
In an attempt to prove his thesis, he draws upon the science of Biology, the (then incipient) science of Psychology, and the corpus of Western philosophy, particularly the works of Aristotle, Plato, Schopenhauer, and [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]]. The book is controversial because of the anti-Semitic and masculinist themes of the work (with the author being accused of misogyny), as well as the role it played in influencing the ideology of the National Socialist movement in Germany, which selectively trumpeted the antisemitic themes of the work, with Weininger frequently making vitriolic attacks on what he perceives as "Jewishness". While Weininger largely rejected scientific racism; he conceived of Jewishness as a spirit of the mind, a psychological tendency, and a soulless and | In an attempt to prove his thesis, he draws upon the science of Biology, the (then incipient) science of Psychology, and the corpus of Western philosophy, particularly the works of Aristotle, Plato, Schopenhauer, and [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]], with the strongest philosophical influences being Kantian ethics and German Idealism. The book is controversial because of the anti-Semitic and masculinist themes of the work (with the author being accused of misogyny), as well as the role it played in influencing the ideology of the National Socialist movement in Germany, which selectively trumpeted the antisemitic themes of the work, with Weininger frequently making vitriolic attacks on what he perceives as "Jewishness". While Weininger largely rejected scientific racism; he conceived of Jewishness as a spirit of the mind, a psychological tendency, and a soulless and atheistic worldview that needed to be opposed. Weininger does also briefly touch upon contemporary racialist concepts, though. | ||
==Bisexual theory of human sexual characteristics== | ==Bisexual theory of human sexual characteristics== | ||