Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Vol 1

by H. Havelock Ellis

The origin of these Studies dates from many years back. As a youth I was faced, as others are, by the problem of sex. Living partly in an Australian city where the ways of life were plainly seen, partly in the solitude of the bush, I was free both to contemplate and to meditate many things. A resolve slowly grew up within one main part of my life-work should be to make clear the problems of sex.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Sexuality, Reference, Classics

376 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2000

About the author

Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis, was a British physician, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, including transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis. He served as president of the Galton Institute and, like many intellectuals of his era, supported eugenics.

Reviews

[Cat Noe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sound, balanced, unbiased information, thorough almost to the point of being exhaustive, but well worth a read, all the same. The organization particularly is poetically beautiful for such a plain, scientific volume. I also rather love the way he avoids arguing with authors with whom he disagrees by simply presenting their arguments exactly as written, and allowing the reader to agree or not, as they choose. This is undoubtedly the most rational thinker I've encountered in a long time.

[Robert Barron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resource for anyone wishing a sound understanding in the human sexual instinct.

[Daniel Crouch · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's interesting for its time, but there is much better work out there now