The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe Borris Kenneth
The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe Borris Kenneth The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe investigates early modern scientific accounts of same-sex desires and the…
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The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe Borris Kenneth
The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe investigates early modern scientific accounts of same-sex desires and the shapes they assumed in everyday life. The sciences of antiquity had posited various types of same-sexual affinities rooted in singular natures. It explores the significance of those representations and interpretations from around 1450 to 1750, long before the term homosexuality was coined and accrued its current range of cultural meanings.This collection establishes that efforts to produce scientific explanations for same-sex desires and sexual behaviours are not a modern invention, but have long been characteristic of European thought.
The deviance of such persons seemed outwardly inscribed upon their bodies, These concepts were renewed, elaborated, and reassessed from the late medieval scientific revival to the early Enlightenment.