Written partially to support the movement for women’s equal rights, this pioneering 1914 sociological study anticipates many issues and conflicts still alive today: sexual equality, difference, feminist critiques of social science, egalitarian sexual ethics, gender politics, and the connections between private behavior and social conditions.
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Robert Michels (1876-1936) was a German sociologist who studied in England, France, and Germany. After joining the Socialist party for a short period of time, and later the Fascist Party, Michels disappeared from politics periodically due to his disillusionment with the parties. He wrote Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy, a highly influential work.