On the Emergence of Sexual Difference in the 18th Century: Economies of Pleasure in Herder's Liebe und Selbstheit1

From: German Quarterly | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Holzhey, Christoph F E | Copyright information

Auch in der Freundschaft ist Ein Theil immer der thätige, der andre mehr beihelfend und leidend: jener männlich, dieser weiblich; oft umgekehrt nach Geschlechtern. Einklang ist in dieser Ehe der Seelen weder angenehm noch nutzlich, noch moglich.

The Enlightenment, which enthusiastically propagated man's universality and humanity's progress, also produced a "profound transformation," even "revolution" in views on sex and gender (Schiebinger 189 and 206, Trumbach). Not only did the pol...

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