From Perfectibility to Perversion

Meliorism in Eighteenth-century France

Michael E. Winston (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

189 Seiten

2005
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-7495-3 (ISBN)

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From Perfectibility to Perversion: Meliorism in Eighteenth-Century France traces the evolution of human perfectibility discourse during the second half of the eighteenth century and the early post-Revolutionary era in France. Examining key articulations of Enlightenment meliorism as it shifts between open-ended models of human perfectibility and «fixist» conceptions of the human body, this book will appeal to a range of specialists because it draws on a variety of primary sources, from Buffon and Rousseau to important medical theorists of the pre- and post-Revolutionary period, and juxtaposes seemingly disparate domains of inquiry in informative and provocative fashion.

The Author: Michael E. Winston is Assistant Professor of French at the University of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D. from Emory University with a dissertation on the representation of sexuality in French Enlightenment medicine, literature, and philosophy. His research focuses on the intersections between medicine, literature, and philosophy in Enlightenment France.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.7.2005
Reihe/Serie	The Age of Revolution and Romanticism ; 34
Reihe/Serie	The Age of Revolution and Romanticism ; 34
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-8204-7495-9 / 0820474959
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-7495-3 / 9780820474953
Zustand	Neuware