Böcker av Chandak Sengoopta

Through a series of case studies drawn from Central Europe, the United States, and Britain, this book explores how the notion of sex hormones enabled scientists to remap the human body, encouraging hopes that glandular interventions could cure ills, malfunctions, and even social deviance in ways inconceivable to previous generations.

This study explores the milieu in which the philosopher Otto Weininger wrote his book "Sex and Character", shortly before committing suicide. It pays attention to how Otto appropriated scientific language and data to defend his views and examines the scientific theories themselves.