Volkmar Sigusch
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Volkmar Sigusch is a German
sexologist, physician and sociologist. He was from 1973 to 2006 director of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft [Institute for Sexual Science] at the clinic of the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main.
Sigusch was born in Bad Freienwalde
. He studied medicine, psychology and philosophy (student of Max Horkheimer
and Theodor W. Adorno
) in Frankfurt am Main, Berlin
and Hamburg
. 1966 and 1972 Sigusch got his German M. D. and Ph.D.
at the university in Hamburg. He worked then since 1973 at the university in Frankfurt as professor.
Sigusch wrote several books in sociology, psychology and sexual medicine. Sigusch is founder and since 1988 co-editor of the scientific, peer-reviewed journal Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung (Thieme Verlag Stuttgart and New York) and wrote articles for different magazines. From 1979 to 1986 he was editor of the cultural magazine Sexualität konkret.
Germany
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sexologist, physician and sociologist. He was from 1973 to 2006 director of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft [Institute for Sexual Science] at the clinic of the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main.
Sigusch was born in Bad Freienwalde
Bad Freienwalde
Bad Freienwalde is a spa town in the Märkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on an old branch of the Oder river at the northwestern rim of the Oderbruch basin, east of Eberswalde, and northeast of Berlin, near the border with Poland...
. He studied medicine, psychology and philosophy (student of Max Horkheimer
Max Horkheimer
Max Horkheimer was a German-Jewish philosopher-sociologist, famous for his work in critical theory as a member of the 'Frankfurt School' of social research. His most important works include The Eclipse of Reason and, in collaboration with Theodor Adorno, The Dialectic of Enlightenment...
and Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist known for his critical theory of society....
) in Frankfurt am Main, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. 1966 and 1972 Sigusch got his German M. D. and Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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at the university in Hamburg. He worked then since 1973 at the university in Frankfurt as professor.
Sigusch wrote several books in sociology, psychology and sexual medicine. Sigusch is founder and since 1988 co-editor of the scientific, peer-reviewed journal Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung (Thieme Verlag Stuttgart and New York) and wrote articles for different magazines. From 1979 to 1986 he was editor of the cultural magazine Sexualität konkret.
Works
Sigusch wrote over 600 scientific articles and more than 35 books, for example:- Das Vorurteil gegenüber sexuell devianten Gruppen, 1967 (with Gunter SchmidtGunter SchmidtGunter Schmidt is a German sexologist, psychotherapist and social psychologist.Schmidt was director of the section for sexual research in the clinic of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf...
). - Exzitation und Orgasmus bei der Frau, 1970.
- Tendenzen der Sexualforschung, 1970 (with Gunter Schmidt and Eberhard SchorschEberhard SchorschEberhard Schorsch wa a German physician, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, author and sexologist.Schorsch was born in Leipzig. After his school he studied medicine and psychology at university. Schorsch worked as director of the section for sex research at the Psychiatrische und Nevenklinik of the...
). - Arbeiter-Sexualität, 1971 (with Gunter Schmidt).
- Ergebnisse zur Sexualmedizin, 1972, 1973.
- Jugendsexualität, 1973 (with Gunter Schmidt).
- Die Zukunft der Monogamie, 1974 (with Gion Condrau, Jean-G. Lemaire).
- Therapie sexueller Störungen, 1975, 1980.
- Medizinische Experimente am Menschen, 1977, 1978.
- Sexualität und Medizin, 1979.
- Die sexuelle Frage, 1982.
- Vom Trieb und von der Liebe, 1984.
- Die Mystifikation des Sexuellen, 1984.
- Sexualtheorie und Sexualpolitik, 1984 (with Martin DanneckerMartin DanneckerMartin Dannecker is a German sexologist and author.Dannecker was born in Oberndorf am Neckar. After his school, he studied Industriekaufmann, and later, he studied as an actor at a theatre school in Stuttgart. During this time, Dannecker came out and started to read literature on homosexuality...
). - Sexualität konkret. Sammelband 2, 1984 (with Ingrid Klein and Hermann L. Gremliza).
- Operation AIDS, 1986.
- AIDS als Risiko, 1987.
- AIDS. Ergebnisse eines Kongresses, 1988 (with Steffen Fliegel).
- Kritik der disziplinierten Sexualität, 1989.
- Anti-Moralia, 1990.
- Geschlechtswechsel, 1992, 1993, 1995.
- Karl Heinrich UlrichsKarl Heinrich Ulrichsfor the periodical directory, see Ulrich's Periodicals DirectoryKarl-Heinrich Ulrichs , is seen today as the pioneer of the modern gay rights movement.-Early life:...
. Der erste Schwule der Weltgeschichte, 2000. - Freud und das Sexuelle. Neue psychoanalytische und sexualwissenschaftliche Perspektiven, 2005 (with Ilka Quindeau).
- Praktische Sexualmedizin: eine Einführung, 2005.
- Sexuelle Welten: Zwischenrufe eines Sexualforschers, 2005.
- Neosexualitäten: über den kulturellen Wandel von Liebe und Perversion, 2005.
- Sexuelle Störungen und ihre Behandlung, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2007.
- Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft, 2008.
- Personenlexikon der Sexualforschung, 2009 (with Günter Grau).
- Auf der Suche nach der sexuellen Freiheit. Über Sexualforschung u. Politik. Frankfurt a. M., New York 2011. ISBN 978-3-593-39430-5
- mit Günter Amendt und Gunter Schmidt: Sex tells. Sexualforschung als Gesellschaftskritik. Hamburg, 2011. ISBN 978-3-930786-61-9
External links
- Literature by Volkmar Sigusch in German National LibraryGerman National LibraryThe German National Library is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany...
- Institute for Sexualwissenschaft
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/q5x53010027t3086/ Sigusch: The Neosexual Revolution. Archives of Sexual Behavior 27 (4), 331-359, 1998
- Sigusch: On Cultural Transformations on Sexuality and Gender in Recent Decades. German Medical Science 2, 1-31, 2004
- Article by Sigusch in Ärzteblatt
- Sigusch: Sexuelle Störungen und ihre Behandlung, 4. edition, 2007
- Article by Sigusch in Der Standard
- Article Jugend und Pornographie by Sigusch in Der Spiegel