The wild girl, natural man, and the monster [electronic resource] : dangerous experiments in the Age of Enlightenment / Julia V. Douthwaite.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 314 p.) : ill. (some col.)ISBN:- 9780226160573 (electronic bk.)
- 0226160572 (electronic bk.)
- 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
- History
- 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
- Experimenten
- Menselijke natuur
- Monsters
- Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
- Antropologia filosófica -- Século 18
- Bildungstheorie
- Naturwissenschaften
- Mensch
- England
- Frankreich
- 128/.09/033 22
- BD450 .D665 2002eb
- 80.01
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-301) and index.
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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