The Ploy of Instinct : Victorian Sciences of Nature and Sexuality in Liberal Governance /

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It is paradoxical that instinct became a central term for late Victorian sexual sciences as they were elaborated in the medicalized spaces of confession and introspection, given that instinct had long been defined in its opposition to self-conscious thought. The Ploy of Instinct ties this paradox to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Frederickson, Kathleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex.
Science.
Instinct.
English literature.
Civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle.
Sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sexualite > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Instinct > Histoire > 19e siecle.
English literature > 19th century.
Science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Sex > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Instinct > History > 19th century.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 19e siecle.
Great Britain > Civilization > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:It is paradoxical that instinct became a central term for late Victorian sexual sciences as they were elaborated in the medicalized spaces of confession and introspection, given that instinct had long been defined in its opposition to self-conscious thought. The Ploy of Instinct ties this paradox to instinct's deployment in conceptualizing governmentality. Instinct's domain, Frederickson argues, extended well beyond the women, workers, and ""savages"" to whom it was so often ascribed. The concept of instinct helped to gloss over contradictions in British liberal ideology made palpable as turn-
Descripción Física:1 online resource (236 pages).
ISBN:9780823262557

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