The wild girl, natural man, and the monster : dangerous experiments in the Age of Enlightenment /

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This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth-century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectibility of mankind. Julia V. Douthwaite recounts reports of feral children such as the wild girl of Champagne (ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Douthwaite Viglione, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Temas:
1700-1799
Philosophical anthropology > France > History > 18th century.
French literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Philosophical anthropology > England > History > 18th century.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Anthropologie philosophique > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature française > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Anthropologie philosophique > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
English literature.
French literature.
Philosophical anthropology.
Bildungstheorie
Naturwissenschaften
Mensch
Experimenten.
Menselijke natuur.
Monsters.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Antropologia filosófica > Século 18.
England.
France.
England
Frankreich
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Wild Children: establishing the boundaries of nature and science
  • 2. The animated statue and the plasticity of mankind
  • 3. Compromised idylls: natural man and woman encultured
  • 4. Raising the rational child: real-life experiments and alternatives to Rousseau
  • 5. Perfectibility in the revolutionary era: Utopian politics and dystopian fictions
  • Epilogue: Monstrous imperfection.

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