Deaf People, Language, and Emancipation in Modern France, 17891914

Drawing on a wide range of contemporary debates about deaf identity, the book considers how philosophers, teachers, physicians, legal advisors, and governmental representatives understood deafness, and how deaf people variously challenged these fields of knowledge and their purported expertise to redefine and claim equal rights.

About the author

Sabine Arnaud joined the Centre Alexandre Koyré, CNRS in 2017, after working as an assistant professor at Texas A&M and a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Her interest in the writing and circulation of knowledge across different disciplines and contexts has been informed by a background in philosophy, history of science, comparative literature, history and civilizations, and aesthetics in France, Italy, and the United-States. She notably published On Hysteria: the Invention of a Medical Category (1670-1820), an English version of her prizewinning monograph, L'Invention de l'hystérie au temps des Lumières.

Product details

• Authors: Sabine (Research Director Arnaud, Arnaud Sabine
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.08.2025
• EAN: 9780198940128
• ISBN: 978-0-19-894012-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Disability: social aspects, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, Relating to people with hearing disabilities or impairments, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability