Read more
Informationen zum Autor Lisa Smith is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Lisa Smith is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Klappentext The Enlightenment, as concept and time period, was haunted by ambiguities about the relationships between mind and body, humans and the natural world, and reason and imagination. The 18th century was inherently contradictory, particularly when it came to ideas about medicine and the body. The growing optimism that medicine and science could control nature and disease was counterbalanced by the hierarchies of gender, race and class being fixed on the body. Enlightenment ideals emphasized rationalism and expertise, but they existed alongside religious belief and everyday authority. Focusing on Western Europe, this volume examines disability and suffering, emotional and physical sensations, supernatural phenomena and scepticism, medical authority and expertise, biologization and power, and bodily and environmental regulation. Volume contributors have used a range of cultural history methodologies - from material history to discourse analysis - to examine the Enlightenment's tensions. The book's chapters centre on topics (Environment, Food, Disease, Animals, Objects, Experiences, Mind/Brain and Authority) that have encouraged contributors to reframe their assumptions about the history of medicine and the Enlightenment. Vorwort A comprehensive, thematic reference work covering the cultural history of medicine during the Enlightenment Zusammenfassung The Enlightenment, as concept and time period, was haunted by ambiguities about the relationships between mind and body, humans and the natural world, and reason and imagination. The 18th century was inherently contradictory, particularly when it came to ideas about medicine and the body. The growing optimism that medicine and science could control nature and disease was counterbalanced by the hierarchies of gender, race and class being fixed on the body. Enlightenment ideals emphasized rationalism and expertise, but they existed alongside religious belief and everyday authority. Focusing on Western Europe, this volume examines disability and suffering, emotional and physical sensations, supernatural phenomena and scepticism, medical authority and expertise, biologization and power, and bodily and environmental regulation. Volume contributors have used a range of cultural history methodologies – from material history to discourse analysis – to examine the Enlightenment’s tensions. The book’s chapters centre on topics (Environment, Food, Disease, Animals, Objects, Experiences, Mind/Brain and Authority) that have encouraged contributors to reframe their assumptions about the history of medicine and the Enlightenment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Illustrations General Editors’ Preface, Roger Cooter Introduction, Lisa Smith, Claudia Stein and Roger Cooter 1 Environment Erin Spinney 2 Food Emma Spary 3 Disease Lina Minous 4 Animals Monica Mattfeld 5 Objects Marieke Hendriksen 6 Experiences Micheline Louis-Courvoisier 7 Mind/Brain Claudia Stein and Roger Cooter 8 Authority Angela Haas Notes Bibliography Contributors Index ...
