Enlightenment and Pathology

Enlightenment and Pathology
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 0801858097
ISBN-13 : 9780801858093
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Book Synopsis Enlightenment and Pathology by : Anne C. Vila

Download or read book Enlightenment and Pathology written by Anne C. Vila and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If moods are as contagious as colds, and wickedness as debilitating as a bad diet, inquiries into assorted discourses in 18th-century France still have much to tell. Author Anne Vila shows that multiple junctures between the body and the mind promoted a steady commerce of speculation and discussion between science and the social salons of the time. 9 illustrations.


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