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Marriage and morals /

Marriage and Morals is a compelling cross-cultural examination of individual, familial and societal attitudes towards sex and marriage. By exploring the codes by which we live our sexual lives and conventional morality, Russell daringly sets out a new morality, shaped and influenced by dramatic chan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Bertrand
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Routledge, 2009.
Series:Routledge classics
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Matrilineal societies
  • Patriarchal systems
  • Phallic worship, asceticism and sin
  • Christian ethics
  • Romantic love
  • The liberation of women
  • The taboo on sex knowledge
  • The place of love in human life
  • Marriage
  • Prostitution
  • Trial marriage
  • The family at the present day
  • The family in individual psychology
  • The family and the state
  • Divorce
  • Population
  • Eugenics
  • Sex and individual well-being
  • The place of sex among human values
  • Conclusion.