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From Perfectibility to Perversion

Meliorism in Eighteenth-Century France

by Michael E. Winston (Author)
©2005 Monographs XII, 192 Pages

Summary

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.

Details

Pages
XII, 192
Publication Year
2005
ISBN (Hardcover)
9780820474953
Language
English
Keywords
Frankreich Humanethologie Geschichte 1700-1800 Medicine Philosophy Pornography /France Eighteenth-Century Soziokultureller Wandel Literature France
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2005. XII, 192 pp.
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Biographical notes

Michael E. Winston (Author)

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.

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