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Condemned by critics as "the Bible of the brothel" and "the most demoralising book of the century," Physical, Sexual and Natural Religion (later retitled The Elements of Social Science) was one of the most daring critiques of Victorian morality ever published. Presenting a case for free sexual unions before marriage, widespread contraception and family limitation, use of condoms to guard against venereal disease, and the replacement of Judeo-Christian spirituality with a science-based "religion" (really, a set of humane values) that respected the human body, Drysdale challenged the antisensual currents of his time and anticipated the sexual revolution of the 1960s. His arguments infuriated the medical profession, which contested his views without naming him and subjected his book to constant attack. Nonetheless, Elements was extremely popular, running to thirty-five editions and selling nearly 100,000 copies by the time of the author's death. The book was particularly
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Dr. Robert Darby (Canberra, Australia) is an independent scholar and the author of five books, including A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain. Most recently, he edited Round the Red Lamp and Other Medical Writings by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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- PublisherPrometheus
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1616141794
- ISBN 13 9781616141790
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages621
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