Principles of Developmental Sexology [Hardcover]

John Money (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997 | ISBN-10: 082641026X | ISBN-13: 978-0826410269

Principles of Developmental Sexology is a summation of Money's life's work, much of it devoted to pediatric sexology, both normal and abnormal. This book marks the foundation of a new branch of scholarship and science, the developmental sexology of childhood and adolescence, from prenatal life onward. Uniquely thorough and comprehensive in its use of data, Principles of Developmental Sexology maintains its disinterestedness, and avoids both the currently popular theories of social constructionism and the so-called medical models of sexuality.

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"Dr. John Money is the Duke of Dysfunction, a man who writes about 'unspeakable' human sexual problems with such dignity and care that his case histories make me feel almost normal."--John Waters

"Dr. John Money was one of my principal intellectual influences when I was writing Sexual Personae. He is the leading sexologist in the world today."--Camille Paglia

"Perhaps no one since Freud has provided us with as rich a blend of biological and psychological fact, theory, and clinical material incisively integrated into an increasingly coherent picture of the origins of human experience."--Dr. June M. Reinisch --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Dr. John Money is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and of Medical Psychology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Among the honors bestowed upon him are the Harry Benjamin Distinguished Scholar Award, the Masters and Johnson Award, and a special award by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group (Sd) (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082641026X
• ISBN-13: 978-0826410269
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,647,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars JOHN MONEY SUMMARIZES HIS WORK, September 25, 2010

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James L. Park "James Leonard Park" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Developmental Sexology (Paperback)

John Money
Principles of Developmental Sexology

(New York: Continuum, 1997) 384 pages
(ISBN: 0-8264-1026-X; hardcover)
(Library of Congress call number: HQ21.M733 1997)

John Money presents a good summary of almost all the themes in sexology
that he has handled in much greater length in his many earlier books and articles.
Sometimes the content of another book is summarized in just one or two pages.
In writing this summary at the end of his long career,
he had the opportunity to make some minor changes
and to express himself more clearly.
But basically, he does not take back the content of any of his previous books.
Thus, this one volume will serve future generations
as a good introduction to the sexology of John Money.
Readers introduced to a particular issue in this book
can pursue that issue more deeply in other books and articles by John Money
--and others writers in the same school of thought.

I recommend this book highly.
It is written so well that it merited reading aloud,
which I find true of less than 5% of the books I read.

Principles of Developmental Sexology
breaks no new ground for John Money.
But it does provide up-to-date references to new publications,
many of which were not written when he published his earlier books.
Many of Money's perspectives are not yet accepted by other sexologists.
But he leads the way into an area of scientific investigation
few others have tried.
John Money will be recognized well into the 21st century
as the greatest sexologist of the 20th century.
His theories are not closed and settled dogmas.
In the spirit of scientific investigation,
he maintains an open mind on questions
for which there is not sufficient evidence to formulate a reliable theory.
In many cases he merely introduces the beginnings
of new lines of scientific research into the mysteries of human sexuality.

Here are the basic themes covered in
Principles of Developmental Sexology:
1. biological roots of human sexuality.
2. development of personality-differences between males and females.
3. development of "lovemaps"--sex-scripts or imprinted sexual fantasies.
4. emergence of romantic love
--and its various manifestations and distortions.
5. varieties of human "pairbonding"--mating, marriage.
6. sexual problems encountered in the teen years.
7. orgasm and its problems.
8. body-image and self-concept.
9. unusual sex-scripts ("paraphilias")--and their problems.

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