Nancy Erber and William A. Peniston, trans; Philip Healy with Frederick S. Roden, eds, Marc Andre Raffalovich’s Uranism and Unisexuality: A Study of Different Manifestations of the Sexual Instinct

Erber et al_82497_9781137451385 finalThis book is a unique work of early sexology written in French by a gentleman scholar, poet, self-styled scientist of sexuality, and Catholic convert. Never before translated into English, this landmark 1896 study argues for the rights of homosexuals in society and its responsibility to them. Raffalovich draws on history, literature, philosophy, and theology to assert that not only is homosexual orientation morally neutral, it can in fact serve an ethical good.

Donald L. Opitz, Steffan Bergwik, and Brigitte Van Tiggelen, eds. Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science

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The history of the modern sciences has long overlooked the significance of domesticity as a physical, social, and symbolic force in the shaping of knowledge production. This book provides a welcome reorientation to our understanding of the making of the modern sciences globally by emphasizing the centrality of domesticity in diverse scientific enterprises.