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Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure

By Edward Carpenter

Book information

Publisher
Dodo Press
Year
2009
ISBN
1409936376, 9781409936374
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
275 kB (281738 bytes)
Pages
48\0
Time added
2022-10-20 15:59:08

Description

Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was an English socialist poet, an anthologist, and an early homosexual activist. He joined the Church of England as a curate and was influenced by the Christian Socialist movement. He travelled to Ceylon and India in 1890 and studied eastern religions. He developed a kind of "mystic socialism" which produced campaigns against air pollution and vivisection, promoted vegetarianism and "rational dress". In the 1890s, Carpenter began a campaign against sexual orientation discrimination. His 1908 book The Intermediate Sex, would become a foundational text of the LGBT movements of the 20th century. His groundbreaking 1908 anthology of poems, Lolaus: Anthology of Friendship was a huge underground success, leading to a more advanced knowledge of homoerotic culture.

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