Anatomy of the Passions

Informationen zum Autor François Delaporte is Professor of Philosophy at Université de Picardie Jules-Verne in Amiens, France. His publications include Nature's Second Kingdom (1982), The History of Yellow Fever (1991), and Disease and Civilization (1986). Klappentext Through the pioneering work of Duchenne de Boulogne, Franois Delaporte provides a remarkable philosophical and historical examination of expressive physiology during the mid-19th century, and considers the science of emotion as a means of revealing inner life--thoughts, feelings--upon the surface of the face. Zusammenfassung Through the pioneering work of Duchenne de Boulogne! Franois Delaporte provides a remarkable philosophical and historical examination of expressive physiology during the mid-19th century! and considers the science of emotion as a means of revealing inner life-thoughts! feelings-upon the surface of the face.

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• Authors: Francois Delaporte, François Delaporte, Francois/ Emanuel Delaporte
• Assisted by: Todd Meyers (Editor), Susan Emanuel (Translation)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2008
• EAN: 9780804758512
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5851-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Cultural Memory in the Present; Cultural Memory in the Present
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous