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The Early Christian Church (focusing on Origen and biblical interpretations)

The Early Modern/Renaissance era (focusing on the 1624 play A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton) The 20th Century (focusing on Freudian psychoanalysis) Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood Castration : An Abbreviated History of Western ...

Gary Taylor (Professor of English and Director of the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies) Publisher: Routledge (Originally published in 2000) Page Count: 307 to 318 pages (depending on the edition) The Early Christian Church (focusing on Origen and

He suggests that modern Western culture has shifted away from a reproduction-centric model of sex to a pleasure-centric model, effectively normalizing a "sterile" or non-reproductive male ideal. Castration : An Abbreviated History of Western ...

Taylor argues that Sigmund Freud fundamentally misunderstood castration by viewing it as a loss of sexual potency. Historically, Taylor posits that castration was about preventing reproduction, while eunuchs often maintained active sexualities and held immense social and political power.