Zalkind, A. B. The Sexual Question in the Conditions of Soviet Society (Polovoi vopros v usloviiakh sovetskoi obshchestvennosti): A Collection of Articles, 1926. In Russian

Залкинд, А. Б.
Половой вопрос в условиях советской общественности: сборник статей.
1-е издание; с послесловием автора «Два года дискуссии по половому вопросу».
Ленинград: Государственное издательство, 1926.
128 стр.; 22,5 × 15,5 см.
Издательская мягкая обложка.
Тираж: 15 000 экз.
Редкость.
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Zalkind, A. B.
The Sexual Question in the Conditions of Soviet Society (Polovoi vopros v usloviiakh sovetskoi obshchestvennosti): A Collection of Articles.
First edition; with an author's afterword, "Two Years of Discussion on the Sexual Question."
Leningrad: State Publishing House, 1926.
128 pp.; 22.5 × 15.5 cm.
Publisher’s soft wrappers.
Print run: 15,000 copies.
Rare.

A first edition of a pivotal and controversial work by the Soviet psychiatrist and pedagogue Aron Zalkind, reflecting the radical debates on sexuality, family, and morality during the New Economic Policy (NEP) era of the 1920s. This collection of articles advocates for a scientific, collectivist approach to sexual life, aligning with the early Soviet project of transforming all aspects of private existence. Published with a substantial print run, the book was widely discussed before the Stalinist consolidation of conservative family policies in the 1930s. Zalkind's ideas were later condemned as "vulgar sociologism." This edition is a significant primary source for understanding the history of sexuality, social hygiene, and ideological shifts in early Soviet Russia.