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OverviewThe Enlightenment, as concept and time period, was haunted by ambiguities about the relationships between mind and body, humans and the natural world, and reason and imagination. The 18th century was inherently contradictory, particularly when it came to ideas about medicine and the body. The growing optimism that medicine and science could control nature and disease was counterbalanced by the hierarchies of gender, race and class being fixed on the body. Enlightenment ideals emphasized rationalism and expertise, but they existed alongside religious belief and everyday authority. Focusing on Western Europe, this volume examines disability and suffering, emotional and physical sensations, supernatural phenomena and scepticism, medical authority and expertise, biologization and power, and bodily and environmental regulation. Volume contributors have used a range of cultural history methodologies – from material history to discourse analysis – to examine the Enlightenment’s tensions. The book’s chapters centre on topics (Environment, Food, Disease, Animals, Objects, Experiences, Mind/Brain and Authority) that have encouraged contributors to reframe their assumptions about the history of medicine and the Enlightenment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lisa Smith , Lisa SmithPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 1.000kg ISBN: 9781472569905ISBN 10: 1472569903 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 09 February 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations General Editors’ Preface, Roger Cooter Introduction, Lisa Smith, Claudia Stein and Roger Cooter 1 Environment Erin Spinney 2 Food Emma Spary 3 Disease Lina Minous 4 Animals Monica Mattfeld 5 Objects Marieke Hendriksen 6 Experiences Micheline Louis-Courvoisier 7 Mind/Brain Claudia Stein and Roger Cooter 8 Authority Angela Haas Notes Bibliography Contributors IndexReviewsAuthor InformationLisa Smith is Lecturer in Digital History at the University of Essex, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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