Eros

Wyneken, Gustav (1875 1964)

Published by Adolf Saal Verlag, 1921

About this Item

21x14cm, 72 pages., Erstes bis drittes Tausend. Cover spotting. Pages browning. Some wear. Good. ["Wyneken was a German pedagogue and founder of the Wickersdorf Free School Community. He was also a leader in the German Youth Movement and briefly contributed to school policy during the German revolutionary period after World War I. He failed to regain support for his school reform ideas after his conviction as a pederast. .,.Wyneken became a personal advisor to Konrad Haenisch, a German social democratic politician with the Prussian Ministry of Education, during Germany's post-World War I revolutionary period. Wyneken also advised Johannes Hoffmann, the Bavarian social democratic Minister of Education in the Eisner government. Wyneken was involved in two decrees, on school community (Schulgemeinde) and religious education, that were assailed for their democratizing and secularizing effects and quickly repealed. In 1919, Haenisch helped restore Wyneken to lead the Wickersdorf school, but he was ousted the next year upon a guilty conviction for homosexual contact with students. Wyneken responded by publishing Eros (1921), which advocated for pederastic relations between teachers and boys said to exist in ancient Greece in defense of his actions and philosophy. Wyneken continued to live nearby and influence Wickersdorf in person and in writing.,." - wikipedia]. Seller Inventory # 027817

Bibliographic Details

Title: Eros

Publisher: Adolf Saal Verlag

Publication Date: 1921

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good