Eighteenth-century vitalism: bodies, culture, politics
Auteur :
Packham, C.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349325078
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s.