Early nineteenth-century sexual radicalism: Heinrich Hössli and the liberals of his day

Authors

Robert Deam Tobin, Clark University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

This essay argues that Hössli’s 1836/8 apology for male-male love, Eros, grows out of early nineteenth-century liberal and radical thought. He is able to connect demands for the separation of church and state, the emancipation of the Jews, and the extension of rights to women to the sexual emancipation of the body.

From SPEKTRUM: publications of the German Studies Association; v. 5

Publication Title

After the History of Sexuality: German Genealogies With and Beyond Foucault

Publication Date

7-15-2012

Volume

5

First Page

76

Last Page

89

ISBN

9780857453747

DOI

10.1515/9780857453747-007

Keywords

radical thought, queer studies, homosexuality

Repository Citation

Tobin, Robert Deam, "Early nineteenth-century sexual radicalism: Heinrich Hössli and the liberals of his day" (2012). Publications. 11.
https://commons.clarku.edu/tobinpub/11