Lou Andreas-Salomé - Die Erotik - 1910

Lou Andreas-Salomé – La Erotica
Martin Buber (editor)
Literarische Anstalt Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt am Main, c. 1910

Collectible early 20th-century German monograph on eroticism by Lou Andreas-Salomé, issued in Martin Buber’s influential “Die Gesellschaft” series, with striking Jugendstil / Art Nouveau typography and decorative design.

Early volume from the famous “Die Gesellschaft – Sammlung sozialpsychologischer Monographien” series edited by Martin Buber. A concise philosophical and psychological study of eroticism, discussing sexuality, art, religion, idealisation, gender relations and social aspects of love. The book is notable for its elegant Jugendstil design, ornamental endpapers and decorative typography.

Contents:

Einleitung (Introduction)
Basis (Foundation)
Thema (Theme)
Der sexuelle Vorgang (The Sexual Process)
Das erotische Wahngebilde (Erotic Delusion / Fantasy)
Erotik und Kunst (Eroticism and Art)
Idealisation (Idealisation)
Erotik und Religion (Eroticism and Religion)
Erotisch und sozial (Erotic and Social)
Mutterschaft (Motherhood)
Das Weib (Woman)
Männlich und weiblich (Male and Female)
Wertmasse und Grenzen (Values and Limits)
Lebensbund (Life Partnership)
Schluß (Conclusion)

Lou Andreas-Salomé was a major intellectual figure of fin-de-siècle Europe, closely associated with Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke and Sigmund Freud.

Condition: good condition, uneven page edges as issued, clean inside and outside, no inscriptions or markings, light general age wear to covers and spine.