Modernity and Epistemology in Nineteenth-Century Spain - Fringe Discourses

This collection provides an intellectual history of nineteenth-century Spain and examines the relationship between modernity and epistemology. The contributors analyze the debate between science and religion and the ways in which sciences and pseudosciences have altered perceptions of the world and human nature.

List of contents

Introduction, Alicia Cerezo Paredes and Ryan A. Davis
Chapter 1: The Artful Science of Ali Bey, Travis Landry
Chapter 2: José de Letamendi, Symbolic Humanity and Contexts for the Individual in Nineteenth-Century Spain, Dale J. Pratt
Chapter 3: Pogonology, Physiognomy, and the Face of Spanish Masculinity, Collin McKinney
Chapter 4: Hysteria and Couvade in Los pazos de Ulloa and Su único hijo, Kevin Larsen
Chapter 5: The Saint and the Hysteric: Mysticism in Nazarín and Dulce Dueño, Elizabeth Smith Rousselle
Chapter 6: The Reception of Charles Darwin in Spain and the Problem of Abulia in Pío Baroja's Camino de Perfección, Jerry Hoeg
Chapter 7: Darwin in Spain: Evolutionary Theory in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Spanish Science Fiction Narratives, Juan Carlos Martín
Chapter 8: Business of the Heart: Cándida Sanz's Future-making in the Spiritualist Monthly Constancia (1879-1884), Marta Ferrer Gómez
Chapter 9: "Hypnotism and the Epistemological Limits of Modernity: Alberto de Das and Leopoldo Alas," Ryan A. Davis

About the author

Edited by Ryan A. Davis and Alicia Cerezo Paredes - Contributions by Ryan A. Davis; Marta Ferrer Gómez; Jerry Hoeg; Travis Landry; Kevin Larsen; Juan Carlos Martín; Collin McKinney; Alicia Cerezo Paredes; Dale J. Pratt and Elizabeth Smith Rousselle

Summary

This collection provides an intellectual history of nineteenth-century Spain and examines the relationship between modernity and epistemology. The contributors analyze the debate between science and religion and the ways in which sciences and pseudosciences have altered perceptions of the world and human nature.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan A. Cerezo Paredes Davis
• Assisted by: Alicia Cerezo Paredes (Editor), Cerezo Paredes Alicia (Editor), Ryan A Davis (Editor), Ryan A. Davis (Editor), Davis Ryan A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498545266
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4526-6
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Spain, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Spain