The wild girl, natural man, and the monster
Douthwaite, Julia V.
The wild girl, natural man, and the monster dangerous experiments in the Age of Enlightenment / [electronic resource] : Julia V. Douthwaite. - University of Chicago Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (xiii, 314 p.) : ill. (some col.)
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.
9780226160573 (electronic bk.) 0226160572 (electronic bk.)
Philosophical anthropology--History--France--18th century.
French literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Philosophical anthropology--History--England--18th century.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
History.
Anthropologie philosophique--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
Littérature française--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Anthropologie philosophique--Histoire--Angleterre--18e siècle.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Humanism.
Experimenten.
Menselijke natuur.
Monsters.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Antropologia filosófica--Século 18.
Bildungstheorie.
Naturwissenschaften.
Mensch.
England.
Frankreich.
Electronic books.
BD450 / .D665 2002eb
128/.09/033
The wild girl, natural man, and the monster dangerous experiments in the Age of Enlightenment / [electronic resource] : Julia V. Douthwaite. - University of Chicago Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (xiii, 314 p.) : ill. (some col.)
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.
9780226160573 (electronic bk.) 0226160572 (electronic bk.)
Philosophical anthropology--History--France--18th century.
French literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Philosophical anthropology--History--England--18th century.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
History.
Anthropologie philosophique--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
Littérature française--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Anthropologie philosophique--Histoire--Angleterre--18e siècle.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Humanism.
Experimenten.
Menselijke natuur.
Monsters.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Antropologia filosófica--Século 18.
Bildungstheorie.
Naturwissenschaften.
Mensch.
England.
Frankreich.
Electronic books.
BD450 / .D665 2002eb
128/.09/033