The Task of Social Hygiene
The Task of Social Hygiene, first published in 1912, gathers Havelock Ellis's essays on how societies might improve the lives of their members through reform rather than charity. He discusses the changing position of women and the feminist movement, marriage and the rights of mothers, sexual hygiene and education, the declining birth rate, and eugenics, which he supported in the progressive form common before the First World War. Other chapters turn to the dangers of war, the case for an international language and the question of an international coinage. Ellis writes as a liberal humanist, calm and well informed, and the book records the reforming hopes of its generation. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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What kind of book is The Task of Social Hygiene?
The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis is filed under "Philosophy" in the Vinteuil library.
