Description: Eighteenth-Century Vitalism by C. Packham This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the vitalist turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the vitalist turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s. Author Biography CATHERINE PACKHAM Lecturer in English at the University of Sussex, UK. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Eighteenth Century Vitalism Forms of Enlightenment: Embodied Beings in Eighteenth-Century Scotland Generating Sympathy: Sensibility, Animation, and Vitality in Adam Smith and Mary Wollstonecraft Labouring Bodies in Political Economy: Labour, Vitalist Physiology and the Body Politic Enlightenment Legacies and Cultural Radicalism: Physiology and Politics in the 1790s Animated Nature: Erasmus Darwin and the Poetry and Politics of Vital Matter, 1789-1803 Animation and Vitality in Womens Writing of the 1790s Conclusion: Eighteenth-century Vitalism, Romantic Organicism, Literature and the Disciplines Bibliography Index Promotional Springer Book Archives Details ISBN1349325074 Language English ISBN-10 1349325074 ISBN-13 9781349325078 Format Paperback Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title 18TH-CENTURY VITALISM 2012/E Media Book Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-01-01 Pages 251 Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Bodies, Culture, Politics Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Author C. Packham UK Release Date 2012-01-01 AU Release Date 2012-01-01 NZ Release Date 2012-01-01 Illustrations VIII, 251 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 2012 Series Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print Alternative 9780230276185 DEWEY 820.9145 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132956950;
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Book Title: Eighteenth-Century Vitalism: Bodies, Culture, Politics
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Author: C. Packham
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