Neurology and modernity: a cultural history of nervous systems, 1800–1950
Auteur :
Salisbury, Laura / Shail, Andrew
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349313242
Date de publication :
10 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
As people of the modern era were singularly prone to nervous disorders, the nervous system became a model for describing political and social organization. This volume untangles the mutual dependencies of scientific neurology and the cultural attitudes of the period 1800-1950, exploring how and why modernity was a fundamentally nervous state.