Klubnichka na berezke (ePub)

Igor Kon worked all his life at the intersection of different social and human sciences: sociology, history, anthropology, psychology and sexology. His name is closely related to birth in Russia disciplines such as sociology, history, sociology, personality, psychology of adolescence, childhood ethnography, sexology. Some of his books were breaking conventional ideas and become bestsellers.
"Strawberry on the birch" - the first systematic survey of the history of sexual Russian culture from pre-Christian times to the present. 3rd edition of the book is different from the first two (1997, 2005), not only attracting many new facts, but also the question. In 1994, the author stated forecast, in what direction will (may) develop sexual culture in Russia. Fifteen years have passed, and it's time to see if his prediction came true, as occurred changes affect sexual health and everyday life in Russia and what we can expect in the near future.
Igor S. Kon was born on May 21, 1928 in Leningrad. He graduated from the the Faculty of History of the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute named after A.I. Herzen (1947) and two post-graduate at the new history and philosophy (1950). Ph.D. in History (1950), PhD (1950), Doctor of Philosophy (1960), Professor (1963), Academician of the Russian Academy of Education (1989), Honorary Professor of Cornell University (1989), Doctor honoris causa University of Surrey (1992) .
Areas of scientific interest - the philosophy and methodology of history, the history of sociology (the founder and first president of the Research Committee on the History of Sociology, Sociological Association of the World), ethics, social and age psychology, theory of personality, anthropology and sociology of childhood and adolescence, sexology. The author of over 40 books and 300 articles, many of which have been translated into foreign languages.